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Niki Lauda was born on 22 February 1949 in Vienna, Austria, to a wealthy paper manufacturing family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born industrialist Hans Lauda . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
On February 22, 1949, Nicholas Andreas Lauda was born in Vienna into a prominent Austrian business and banking dynasty. Paper manufacturing was how Niki's father made his fortune, though none of it would be made available for a contrary son who would surely bring the respected Lauda name into disrepute by playing at being a racing driver.