August von Finck Jr. (11 March 1930 – 28 November 2021) was a Swiss-based German billionaire businessman.
[4] The German state government of Baden-Württemberg authorized the sale of an incunable about Medieval history to him in 2008.
[5] The shy billionaire supported political parties and initiatives in the right-wing and libertarian milieu throughout his life.
He later financed the “Citizens' Convention” project around today's AfD politician Beatrix von Storch with a sum of millions.
[7][8] An agent of the billionaire was apparently involved in the conception of the AfD-affiliated newspaper “Deutschland Kurier”.