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  1. Jan 12, 2023 · Karl Rapp, Gustav Otto, and Franz Josef Popp are all credited with playing a major role in the founding of BMW. Rapp was responsible for creating the company and transitioning it from aircraft engines to automobiles, while Otto and Popp were responsible for overseeing the design and development of the first BMW aircraft engines and establishing ...

  2. Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto are the founders of BMW. At the request of the German government, Flugmaschinenfabrik Gustav Otto merged with Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) in 1916. The Rapp Motorenwerke corporation changed into the Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH in 1917, and the latter subsequently became an AG (public limited company) in 1918.

  3. Karl Rapp. Karl Rapp ( Ehingen (Alb-Donau), 24 de setembro de 1882 — Locarno, 26 de maio de 1962) foi um empresário alemão . Em 1913 fundou a Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH em Munique, que durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial no campo da construção de motores aeronáuticos e aviões em parceria com a Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenwerke do engenheiro ...

  4. Mar 1, 2023 · The story of BMW is rooted in the story of its founders, Gustav Otto and Karl Rapp. In 1910, Gustav Otto founded his company, Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik. He was a pioneering German aircraft and engine designer. It all went well for him for a while, but soon enough, things spiralled out of control, and the government had to get involved in ...

  5. BMW traces its roots back to Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. In 1916, a company known as Flugmaschinenfabrik Gustav Otto merged into Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) at the German government's behest. Elsewhere, in 1917, the Rapp Motorenwerke company morphed into Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH, which duly became an AG (public limited company) in 1918.

  6. Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto are the founders of BMW. At the request of the German government, Flugmaschinenfabrik Gustav Otto merged with Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) in 1916. The Rapp Motorenwerke corporation changed into the Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH in 1917, and the latter subsequently became an AG (public limited company) in 1918.

  7. Nov 18, 2023 · BMW began taking shape near the turn of the 20th century with two men — Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. In 1911, Otto opened a "flying machine factory" in Munich named Otto-Werke, and Rapp started ...