Georg Solmssen (; 7 August 1869 – 10 January 1957) was a German banker and lawyer.
Georg Salomonsoh was born on 7 August 1869 in Berlin, German Empire (present-day, Germany) to Adolph Salomonsohn, a banker, and Sara Rinkel (1851âÂÂ1929).
Through his father Solmssen was the great-grandson of Rabbi Salomon Abraham Gedalia (1776âÂÂ1844) and the great-great-grandson of Rabbi Abraham Gedalia, the Chief Rabbi of Denmark. Solmssen was the paternal nephew of the banker , cousin of the classical archaeologist and art historian Maria Weigert Brendel and the first cousin, twice removed of the American writer Arthur R.G. Solmssen. Solmssen was one of four siblings.
He studied German law. Solmssen worked from 1900 for German bank Disconto-Gesellschaft in Berlin. He was a member of the supervisory board of German company Lufthansa AG and German company Vereinigte Stahlwerke.
In 1933, Solmssen was for a short time the speaker of the management board for German bank Deutsche Bank, which took over Disconto-Gesellschaft in 1929. He lived in the 1920s on the island of Schwanenwerder. When the Nazis came to power, Solmssen left Germany and emigrated to Switzerland.
In 1900, Solmssen converted from Judaism to Protestant Christianity and changed his surname from Salomonsohn to Solmssen.
In 1907, Solmssen married Giulietta 'Etta' Aselmeyer (1884âÂÂ1971), with whom he had 3 children.
Solmssen died on 10 January 1957 in Lugano, Switzerland aged 87.