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Josef Boquoi & family

Josef Boquoi & family

Josef Boquoi & family (#2849)

Global Rank #2849
Country Rank #176
Country Germany

Josef Boquoi & family is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

  • $ 1 B
  • Frozen foods
  • Germany
  • M
  • 92 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,849
Country Rank #176
Net Worth $1.4B
Previous Worth $1.4B
Worth Change +$0.0B
Country Germany
Industry Frozen foods
Age 92 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Last Refreshed 18 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Residence Straelen, Germany
World Billionaires List Germany Billionaires Frozen foods

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Personal Stats

Age 92
Source Of Wealth Frozen foods, Self Made
Residence Straelen, Germany
Citizenship Germany
Children 3
Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $1.4B
Current Net Worth $1.4B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Frozen-food king Josef Boquoi presides over bofrost, which has approximately 11,000 employees, four million customers and $1.4 billion in revenue. He joined his father's small coffee- and grain-roasting firm in 1953, after receiving a business degree and completing an apprenticeship in Hamburg. He founded bofrost in 1966, and its first refrigerated vans hit the streets of Germany in 1969. He introduced new items and developed a business model based on freezing and packaging a variety of fresh food, and delivering direct to households. Today, bofrost, based in Straelen, offers upwards of 1,000 different foods in Europe, delivered by a fleet of 5,500 sales vehicles.

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In Venice, customer orders are brought by boat, while in Madrid small vehicles are deployed to be able to navigate through the narrowest of alleys.

Boquoi unsuccessfully sued Germany's Manager Magazine for including him on its list of richest Germans, claiming it was a violation of his privacy.

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Current Net Worth: $1.4B (May 4, 2026)

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