Paul Gauselmann, founder of Merkur Group, passed away aged 91: the man who built a gaming empire from postwar rubble

Paul Gauselmann, founder and, for decades, Chairman of the Board of the Merkur Group, passed away today, shortly before his 92nd birthday. Born in Westphalia, he built up a one-man business after the Second World War into an international Group with more than 15,000 employees and a total turnover of around 2.1 billion…