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Georg Karl August Uihlein (August 25, 1842 – October 11, 1911) was a German-Americans brewing, business executive, and horse breeder.
His family had for years kept the Gasthaus zur Krone, an inn. In 1850, the Tauber River flooded, filling the inn's basement. Uihlein's grandfather, George Krug, offered to take his oldest grandson with him to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States, where Krug's son, August Krug, had a tavern and brewery. During the trip from Wertheim, their ship caught fire in the mid-Atlantic. Krug and Uihlein clasped a wooden box until rescued by sailors of the American Barque, Devonshire.
In Milwaukee, Uihlein attended the German-English Academy. He also attended St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1855 to 1857.
On the death of Schlitz in 1875, control of the firm passed into the hands of Uihlein and his brothers. When Mrs. Schlitz died in 1887, the Uihlein brothers acquired complete ownership of the corporation. Uihlein was secretary and chairman of the board (1874–1911). He was also actively involved in banking, real estate, and many other Milwaukee businesses.
Uihlein died in 1911 in Heligoland, Germany, whose then-ruler was Kaiser Wilhelm II. By the time of his death, he was worth an estimated US$4 million, which was split among his six children.
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