| Sven von Storch | |
| Birth Date: | 1970 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Osorno, Chile |
| Nationality: | Chilean German |
| Party: | Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) |
| Otherparty: | Close to Renovación Nacional (Chile) (2016)[1] |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Profession: | Business manager |
| Spouse: | Beatrix von Storch (m. 2004) |
| Relatives: | Klaus von Storch (brother) |
Sven von Storch (born 23 December 1970) is a Chilean-German businessman and digital activist who collaborates with conservatives leaders like Jair Bolsonaro[2] and José Antonio Kast.[3] [2] [4] [5] [6] Similarly, he is an admirer of Steve Bannon.[5]
His Chilean older brother Klaus is an aerospace engineer.[7] [8]
According to the scholar Alexander Häusler, he and his wife Beatrix are responsible of a network campaign in favour of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The positions promoted by these media are conservative and consist of issues such as euroscepticism, anti-globalism, anti-communism, criticism of gender studies and sexual education, opposition to same-sex marriage, opposition to immigration, among others.[9] While not holding an elected office, he is a prominent figure in the party.[10]
Sven von Storch's father moved to Chile at the end of the Second World War after the expropriation of his large estate in Parchow by the Soviet occupation forces in Mecklenburg, Rostock district. He then built up a new life as agricultural entrepreneur in the South American country, where he met his wife, who also was of aristocratic German descent.
Sven grew up as one of his parents' four sons in Chile and received his school education there.
After graduating from high school, in 1988, Sven went to Germany to study a BA in business administration and thus live in Germany ever since. After the reunification, his brother Thomas successfully recovered their grandparents' estate from the government; Thomas died in an airplane accident in 2004.