he was an extreme hypochondriac who suffered from depression and did not leave his bed for weeks and months. He envisioned the employer as a patriarch, demanding from his workers not only respect, but also obedience and providing them with a secure existence for this. He thought highly of himself as an entrepreneur. In his villa Hugel, he received the leaders of Europe. Kings and emperors came to visit him not for receptions, but as clients. Therefore, in 1865, he refused the title of nobility granted to him by the King of Prussia as "inappropriate to his wishes." His name was Krupp, and that was enough. References Notes Alfred Krupp in Britannica. 1812 births 1887 deaths Alfred Krupp Businesspeople from Essen 19th-century German businesspeople German industrialists German steel industry businesspeople