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Egger, ErnstEgger, Ernst, b. Vienna, Nov. 18, 1866, d. in a concentration camp, 1944, leading industrialist in the energy sector, son of Béla Egger; Director General of "Vereinigte Elektrizitäts AG" and founder of Austrian Brown-Boveri Werke AG (electricity companies) in 1902; member of the administrative, supervisory or management boards of 26 corporate groups and public limited companies: built the Lebring power station on the River Mur with remote transmission lines, first power station in Austria with primary voltage of 22.000 V. Literature: ÖBL.
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