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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 | 32 | Dieter Schwarz | $61B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail |
| 2 | 46 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $43B | $-0.10B | Germany | Shipping |
| 3 | 62 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | $34B | $-0.10B | Germany | |
| 4 | 86 | Reinhold Wuerth & family | $28B | + $0.00B | Germany | Fasteners |
| 5 | 103 | Susanne Klatten | $25B | + $0.10B | Germany | BMW, pharmaceuticals |
| 6 | 107 | Stefan Quandt | $24B | + $0.00B | Germany | BMW |
| 7 | 158 | Karl Albrecht Jr. & family | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Supermarkets |
| 8 | 158 | Beate Heister | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Supermarkets |
| 9 | 160 | Georg Schaeffler | $17B | $-0.20B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 10 | 171 | Ludwig Merckle | $17B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 11 | 176 | Theo Albrecht Jr & family | $16B | + $0.00B | Germany | Aldi, Trader Joe's |
| 12 | 201 | Friedhelm Loh | $15B | + $0.00B | Germany | Manufacturing |
| 13 | 261 | Hasso Plattner & family | $12B | + $0.00B | Germany | Software |
| 14 | 264 | Francine von Finck & family | $12B | + $0.00B | Germany | Investments |
| 15 | 297 | Thomas Struengmann & family | $11B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 16 | 297 | Andreas Struengmann & family | $11B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 17 | 313 | Nadia Thiele & family | $11B | + $0.00B | Germany | Investments |
| 18 | 340 | Theo Mueller | $10B | + $0.00B | Germany | Dairy |
| 19 | 398 | Dirk Rossmann & family | $9B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 20 | 452 | Maximilian Viessmann | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating, cooling equipment |
| 21 | 475 | Alexandra Schoerghuber & family | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Real estate |
| 22 | 496 | Wolfgang Marguerre & family | $8B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 23 | 533 | Juergen Blickle | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 24 | 529 | Horst Julius Pudwill | $7B | $-0.10B | Germany | Manufacturing |
| 25 | 586 | Michael Otto | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail, real estate |
| 26 | 600 | Alexander Otto | $7B | + $0.00B | Germany | Real estate |
| 27 | 639 | Renate Reimann-Haas | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 28 | 639 | Matthias Reimann-Andersen | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 29 | 639 | Wolfgang Reimann | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 30 | 639 | Stefan Reimann-Andersen | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Consumer goods |
| 31 | 616 | Johannes von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 32 | 616 | Mathias Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 33 | 616 | Katharina von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 34 | 616 | Maximilian von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 35 | 616 | Ulrike von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 36 | 616 | Albert Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 37 | 616 | Christian Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 38 | 616 | Philipp Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 39 | 616 | Barbara Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 40 | 616 | Christoph Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 41 | 616 | Isabel Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 42 | 616 | Otto Boehringer | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 43 | 616 | Franz von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 44 | 616 | Erich von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 45 | 631 | Erich Wesjohann & family | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Poultry genetics |
| 46 | 616 | Hubertus von Baumbach | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharma |
| 47 | 664 | Franz Viegener | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | plumbing/HVAC |
| 48 | 658 | Dietmar Hopp & family | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Software |
| 49 | 654 | Stefan von Holtzbrinck | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 50 | 651 | Wolfgang Herz | $6B | $-0.10B | Germany | Coffee |
| 51 | 654 | Christiane Schoeller | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 52 | 651 | Michael Herz | $6B | $-0.10B | Germany | Coffee |
| 53 | 664 | Thomas Kaeser | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | air systems |
| 54 | 668 | Anna Viegener | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | plumbing/HVAC |
| 55 | 739 | Lutz Mario Helmig & family | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Hospitals |
| 56 | 741 | Heinrich Otto Deichmann | $6B | + $0.00B | Germany | Shoes, retail |
| 57 | 884 | Henning Oldendorff | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Shipping |
| 58 | 913 | Erwin Franz Mueller | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 59 | 905 | Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann | $5B | $-0.10B | Germany | Auto parts |
| 60 | 932 | Julia Thiele-Schuerhoff & family | $5B | + $0.00B | Germany | Brakes, investments |
| 61 | 946 | Friede Springer | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 62 | 950 | Anna Katharina Viessmann | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating and cooling equipment |
| 63 | 945 | Georg Nemetschek & family | $4B | $-0.10B | Germany | Software |
| 64 | 981 | Kevin David Lehmann | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Drugstores |
| 65 | 1026 | Hubert Burda | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Publishing |
| 66 | 1048 | Otto Happel | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Engineering |
| 67 | 1051 | Paul Gauselmann & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Gambling |
| 68 | 1060 | Paul-Heinz Wesjohann & family | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Chicken processing |
| 69 | 1078 | Otto Philipp Braun | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical technology |
| 70 | 1099 | Catharina Claas-Muhlhauser | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Agricultural Machinery |
| 71 | 1073 | Ugur Sahin | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Biotechnology |
| 72 | 1170 | Hans Georg Naeder & family | $4B | $-0.10B | Germany | Prosthetics |
| 73 | 1188 | Klaus-Peter Schulenberg | $4B | + $0.00B | Germany | Ticketing service |
| 74 | 1266 | Christian Haub | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Retail |
| 75 | 1232 | Eduard Schleicher | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Cement, Copper |
| 76 | 1232 | Ursula Hutter-Schleicher | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Cement, Copper |
| 77 | 1242 | Udo Schütz & family | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | packaging |
| 78 | 1304 | Ralph Dommermuth | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Internet service provider |
| 79 | 1331 | Martin Hetzner | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Information Technology |
| 80 | 1298 | Marc Fielmann | $3B | $-0.10B | Germany | Optometry |
| 81 | 1337 | Wilhelm Beier & family | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Pharmaceuticals |
| 82 | 1361 | Selina Stihl | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | chainsaws |
| 83 | 1372 | Stefan Wirtgen | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Construction Vehicles |
| 84 | 1372 | Jurgen Wirtgen | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Construction Vehicles |
| 85 | 1367 | Frank Blase | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Plastics |
| 86 | 1388 | Sophie Luise Fielmann | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Optometry |
| 87 | 1386 | Martin Viessmann | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Heating and cooling equipment |
| 88 | 1443 | Sybill Storz | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical devices |
| 89 | 1443 | Gudrun Heine | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Medical devices |
| 90 | 1441 | Sebastian Glaser | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Sensor technology |
| 91 | 1446 | Christina Rohde | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Electrical Equipment |
| 92 | 1463 | Peter Unger | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Auto repair |
| 93 | 1513 | Walter P.J. Droege | $3B | + $0.10B | Germany | Investing |
| 94 | 1535 | Timm Oberwelland | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Candy |
| 95 | 1551 | Gabriele Gebauer | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | textile |
| 96 | 1524 | Mathias Doepfner | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Media |
| 97 | 1593 | Martin Knauf | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | building materials |
| 98 | 1596 | Regine Leibinger | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Machine tools |
| 99 | 1596 | Peter Leibinger | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Machine tools |
| 100 | 1596 | Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller | $3B | + $0.00B | Germany | Manufacturing |
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