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Richest People in Germany
Showing 100 of 215 approved billionaire records.
| Country Rank | Global Rank | Name / Profile | Total Net Worth | $ Last Change | Country / Region | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | Dieter Schwarz | $61B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail |
| 2 | 44 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $44B | + $0.00B | Germany | Shipping |
| 3 | 54 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | $39B | + $0.00B | Germany | |
| 4 | 85 | Reinhold Wuerth & family | $29B | + $0.00B | Germany | Fasteners |
| 5 | 103 | Susanne Klatten | $26B | + $0.00B | Germany | BMW, pharmaceuticals |
| 6 | 108 | Stefan Quandt | $25B | + $0.00B | Germany | BMW |
| 7 | 162 | Karl Albrecht Jr. & family | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Supermarkets |
| 8 | 162 | Beate Heister | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Supermarkets |
| 9 | 173 | Georg Schaeffler | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 10 | 179 | Ludwig Merckle | $17B | $-0.10B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 11 | 186 | Theo Albrecht Jr & family | $16B | + $0.00B | Germany | Aldi, Trader Joe's |
| 12 | 207 | Friedhelm Loh | $15B | + $0.00B | Germany | Manufacturing |
| 13 | 225 | Hasso Plattner & family | $14B | $-0.10B | Germany | Software |
| 14 | 285 | Francine von Finck & family | $12B | + $0.00B | Germany | Investments |
| 15 | 300 | Thomas Struengmann & family | $12B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 16 | 300 | Andreas Struengmann & family | $12B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 17 | 334 | Nadia Thiele & family | $11B | + $0.00B | Germany | Investments |
| 18 | 355 | Theo Mueller | $10B | + $0.00B | Germany | Dairy |
| 19 | 417 | Dirk Rossmann & family | $9B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 20 | 517 | Alexandra Schoerghuber & family | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Real estate |
| 21 | 508 | Maximilian Viessmann | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating, cooling equipment |
| 22 | 515 | Wolfgang Marguerre & family | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 23 | 527 | Horst Julius Pudwill | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Manufacturing |
| 24 | 546 | Juergen Blickle | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 25 | 602 | Michael Otto | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail, real estate |
| 26 | 619 | Alexander Otto | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Real estate |
| 27 | 641 | Erich Wesjohann & family | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Poultry genetics |
| 28 | 625 | Erich von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 29 | 625 | Franz von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 30 | 625 | Otto Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 31 | 625 | Isabel Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 32 | 625 | Christoph Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 33 | 625 | Barbara Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 34 | 625 | Philipp Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 35 | 625 | Hubertus von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 36 | 625 | Christian Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 37 | 625 | Albert Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 38 | 625 | Ulrike von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 39 | 625 | Maximilian von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 40 | 625 | Katharina von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 41 | 625 | Mathias Boehringer | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 42 | 625 | Johannes von Baumbach | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 43 | 644 | Christiane Schoeller | $7B | + $0.10B | Germany | Publishing |
| 44 | 644 | Stefan von Holtzbrinck | $7B | + $0.10B | Germany | Publishing |
| 45 | 621 | Dietmar Hopp & family | $7B | $-0.10B | Germany | Software |
| 46 | 652 | Matthias Reimann-Andersen | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 47 | 652 | Wolfgang Reimann | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 48 | 652 | Renate Reimann-Haas | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 49 | 652 | Stefan Reimann-Andersen | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 50 | 667 | Franz Viegener | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | plumbing/HVAC |
| 51 | 667 | Thomas Kaeser | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | air systems |
| 52 | 676 | Anna Viegener | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | plumbing/HVAC |
| 53 | 687 | Wolfgang Herz | $6B | $-0.10B | Germany | Coffee |
| 54 | 687 | Michael Herz | $6B | $-0.10B | Germany | Coffee |
| 55 | 711 | Lutz Mario Helmig & family | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Hospitals |
| 56 | 754 | Heinrich Otto Deichmann | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Shoes, retail |
| 57 | 857 | Georg Nemetschek & family | $5B | + $0.10B | Germany | Software |
| 58 | 922 | Henning Oldendorff | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Shipping |
| 59 | 941 | Erwin Franz Mueller | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 60 | 946 | Julia Thiele-Schuerhoff & family | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Brakes, investments |
| 61 | 955 | Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 62 | 971 | Friede Springer | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 63 | 986 | Ugur Sahin | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Biotechnology |
| 64 | 1009 | Kevin David Lehmann | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 65 | 1007 | Anna Katharina Viessmann | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating and cooling equipment |
| 66 | 1047 | Hubert Burda | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 67 | 1072 | Otto Happel | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Engineering |
| 68 | 1073 | Paul Gauselmann & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Gambling |
| 69 | 1079 | Paul-Heinz Wesjohann & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Chicken processing |
| 70 | 1096 | Otto Philipp Braun | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical technology |
| 71 | 1107 | Catharina Claas-Muhlhauser | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Agricultural Machinery |
| 72 | 1178 | Hans Georg Naeder & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Prosthetics |
| 73 | 1174 | Ralph Dommermuth | $4B | + $0.10B | Germany | Internet service provider |
| 74 | 1182 | Klaus-Peter Schulenberg | $4B | $-0.10B | Germany | Ticketing service |
| 75 | 1238 | Eduard Schleicher | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Cement, Copper |
| 76 | 1238 | Ursula Hutter-Schleicher | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Cement, Copper |
| 77 | 1246 | Udo Schütz & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | packaging |
| 78 | 1266 | Christian Haub | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail |
| 79 | 1311 | Marc Fielmann | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Optometry |
| 80 | 1332 | Martin Hetzner | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Information Technology |
| 81 | 1361 | Selina Stihl | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | chainsaws |
| 82 | 1378 | Stefan Wirtgen | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Construction Vehicles |
| 83 | 1378 | Jurgen Wirtgen | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Construction Vehicles |
| 84 | 1375 | Frank Blase | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Plastics |
| 85 | 1424 | Wilhelm Beier & family | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 86 | 1411 | Sophie Luise Fielmann | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Optometry |
| 87 | 1460 | Sebastian Glaser | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Sensor technology |
| 88 | 1464 | Christina Rohde | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Electrical Equipment |
| 89 | 1445 | Martin Viessmann | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating and cooling equipment |
| 90 | 1483 | Peter Unger | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto repair |
| 91 | 1461 | Sybill Storz | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical devices |
| 92 | 1461 | Gudrun Heine | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical devices |
| 93 | 1537 | Mathias Doepfner | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Media |
| 94 | 1566 | Gabriele Gebauer | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | textile |
| 95 | 1563 | Walter P.J. Droege | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Investing |
| 96 | 1603 | Timm Oberwelland | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Candy |
| 97 | 1614 | Martin Knauf | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | building materials |
| 98 | 1646 | Andreas Pohl | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Mutual funds |
| 99 | 1619 | Regine Leibinger | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Machine tools |
| 100 | 1610 | Hans-Werner Hector | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | SAP |
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