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Kim Dotcom
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Kim Dotcom
| image         = Kimdotcom-2014.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Kim Dotcom in 2014.
| birth_name    = Kim Schmitz
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|1|21}}
| birth_place   = [[Kiel]], [[West Germany]]
| residence     = [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]], New Zealand
| nationality   = Finnish and German<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Arrested+Megaupload+millionaire+Kim+Dotcom+has+Finnish+passport/1135270248107 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126140239/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Arrested%2BMegaupload%2Bmillionaire%2BKim%2BDotcom%2Bhas%2BFinnish%2Bpassport/1135270248107 |archivedate=26 January 2012 |title=Arrested Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom(contracted; show full)t Party]].<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9873341/Launch-day-for-Kim-Dotcoms-Internet-Party Launch day for Kim Dotcom's Internet Party], Stuff 27 March 2014</ref> They contested the [[New Zealand general election, 2014|2014 New Zealand elections]] under an electoral alliance with the [[Mana Movement]], but failed to win any seats.

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==Personal life==
[[File:Kim Schmitz cropped and edited.jpg|thumb|Kim Schmitz in 1996]]
Dotcom was born Kim Schmitz in [[Kiel]],
 West Germany.<ref>"Der Unfassbare", ''Berliner Morgenpost'', 12 February 2001 {{de icon}}</ref> His mother was Finnish<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181461 |title=Dotcom's mother raided by police |date=Jan 4, 2014 |website=NZ Herald News |access-date=2016-05-01 |quote="Dotcom's mother is Anneli Miettinen, who is Finnish "}}</ref> so he holds a Finnish passport, and he has siblings (contracted; show full)[[Category:People deported from Thailand]]
[[Category:German expatriates in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:German emigrants to New Zealand]]
[[Category:Finnish emigrants to New Zealand]]
[[Category:German chief executives]]
[[Category:Finnish chief executives]]
[[Category:Businesspeople in computing]]
[[Category:German whistleblowers]]