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Now, the founder of German home improvement chain Bauhaus AG, Heinz-Georg Baus, also joins the billionaire ranks.
FORBES: German DIY Chain Founder Heinz-Georg Baus Joins Billionaire Ranks
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Baus, a carpenter, opened the first Bauhaus store in Manheim, Germany in 1960.
FORBES: German DIY Chain Founder Heinz-Georg Baus Joins Billionaire Ranks
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Baus, who shuns press interviews, lives in Zug, Switzerland, where Bauhaus is headquartered.
FORBES: German DIY Chain Founder Heinz-Georg Baus Joins Billionaire Ranks
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Over five decades Baus, 79, built Bauhaus AG (not to be confused with the design school or modernist architectural style) into a chain with 220 stores in 16 European countries.
FORBES: German DIY Chain Founder Heinz-Georg Baus Joins Billionaire Ranks
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Later that year, Whitaker and Baxter, working with the California firm of Baus and Ross, campaigned on behalf of Proposition 4, a ballot measure favoring the oil industry and giving it more license to drill.
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