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Christoph Henkel

Christoph Henkel

Christoph Henkel (#2217)

Global Rank #2217
Country Rank #137
Country Germany

We were taught from early childhood that the family business comes before the family.

  • $ 2 B
  • Consumer goods
  • Germany
  • M
  • 68 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,217
Country Rank #137
Net Worth $1.9B
Previous Worth $1.9B
Worth Change +$0.0B
Country Germany
Industry Consumer goods
Age 68 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Last Refreshed 17 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Residence London, United Kingdom
World Billionaires List Germany Billionaires Consumer goods

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Personal Stats

Age 68
Source Of Wealth Consumer goods
Residence London, United Kingdom
Citizenship Germany
Marital Status Married
Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $1.9B
Current Net Worth $1.9B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Christoph Henkel is the founding partner of investment firm Canyon Equity. With brands like Persil, Schwarzkopf and Fa, and over $20 billion in annual revenue, Henkel is among the world's biggest cleaning product companies. After the death of his father Konrad in 1999, Christoph Henkel inherited his interest in Henkel AG and became the largest single stockholder in the company. He also invests in tech, biotech and movie-production companies, and has real estate holdings in Europe and the U.S. Canyon Equity has acquired or developed luxury resorts in Fiji, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, with more planned in Costa Rica, Mexico and Malibu, CA.

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Henkel co-founded Los Angeles-based production company Cineville; actors in its films have included Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn and Selma Hayek.

An outdoorsman and active in acquiring land for conservation, he is married to the German art dealer and collector Katrin Bellinger.

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Current Net Worth: $1.9B (May 4, 2026)

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