Its managers in charge were prosecuted along with other IG Farben managers — during the Nuremberg trials — in the IG Farben trial for their role in the exploitation of enslaved laborers and for testing drugs on concentration camp prisoners.

[1] 1951 — Hoechst AG was re-founded on December 7 in Frankfurt when IG Farben was split into its founder companies.

[9] 1997 — Hoechst underwent a realignment wherein its various businesses were transferred to independent companies, including Nutrinova and Clariant.

He was the great-grandfather of William von Meister, one of the founders of Control Video Corporation which later became America Online.

Pascal Soriot (the now-chief executive of AstraZeneca) held positions with the organisation from 1989 up until 2006, through Aventis.