Christian Alexander Rodenstock (born 24 February 1883 in Munich; died 30 August 1953 in Bad Wiessee) was a German entrepreneur and economics official, who was part of the circle of so-called Wehrwirtschaftsführer (companies that were important for the production of war materials) in Nazi Germany.
[1] The son of company founder Josef Rodenstock, he studied physics and macroeconomics at the Technical University of Munich, where he became a member of Vitruvia München.
Between 1937 and 1945 he was a member of the Munich chamber of commerce as well as vice president of Deutsches Studentenwerk (German National Association for Student Affairs).
He led his company through the difficult times of WWI and WWII, as well as the Great Depression, while consistently upholding the private character of Rodenstock as a family-owned business.
During the time of Nazi Germany, his company was active in the defense industry, among other things the production of binoculars for tanks as well as optical prisms.