Warburg

American

[vahr-boork, wawr-burg] / ˈvɑrˌbʊərk, ˈwɔr bɜrg /

noun

Otto Heinrich 1883–1970, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1931.

Warburg British

/ ˈvɑrbʊrk /

noun

Otto ( Heinrich ) (ˈoto). 1883–1970, German biochemist and physiologist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1931) for his work on respiratory enzymes

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Writing about venture giants such as Warburg Pincus, J.H.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

A consortium led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire fintech software company Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc. in a deal valued at $8.4 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

By 2011, Warburg and his wife, Chinese-born art collector Mei Warburg, assumed full control of the site and began what would become an ambitious experiment/passion project.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Global investors including Warburg, GIC and Carlyle invested in Ant in its 2018 fundraising at a valuation of $150 billion.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2023

Then by careful measurements of their respiration, it was found that the fermentation rate was markedly above normal, just as Warburg had foreseen.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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