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The following Forbes list of German billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2015.[ 1]
2015 German billionaires list
World ranking
Name
Citizenship
Net worth (USD )
Sources of wealth
21
Georg Schaeffler
Germany
26.9 billion
Schaeffler Group
37
Beate Heister (b. Albrecht) & Karl Albrecht Jr.
Germany
21.3 billion
Aldi Süd
46
Dieter Schwarz
Germany
19.4 billion
Schwarz Gruppe
49
Theo Albrecht Jr.
Germany
19 billion
Aldi Nord and Trader Joe's
50
Michael Otto
Germany
18.1 billion
Otto Group
54
Susanne Klatten
Germany
16.8 billion
BMW , Altana , Nordex , SGL Carbon
59
Stefan Quandt
Germany
15.6 billion
BMW
77
Johanna Quandt
Germany
13.9 billion
BMW
103
Klaus-Michael Kühne
Germany
11.9 billion
Kuehne + Nagel
137
Hasso Plattner
Germany
9.1 billion
SAP
153
Klaus Tschira
Germany
8.6 billion
SAP
172
August von Finck, Jr.
Germany
7.7 billion
Merck Finck & Co. , Allianz , Hochtief , Löwenbräu , Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
185
Dietmar Hopp
Germany
7.2 billion
SAP
201
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler
Germany
6.7 billion
Schaeffler Group
201
Reinhold Wuerth
Germany
6.7 billion
Würth Group
220
Heinz Hermann Thiele
Germany
6.4 billion
Knorr-Bremse
230
Curt Engelhorn
Germany
6.2 billion
Boehringer Mannheim
309
Karl-Heinz Kipp
Germany
5.0 billion
Real
352
Heinrich Deichmann
Germany
4.6 billion
Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe
352
Ludwig Merckle
Germany
4.5 billion
Phoenix Pharmahandel , Ratiopharm , HeidelbergCement , Kässbohrer
360
Michael Herz
Germany
4.5 billion
Tchibo , Beiersdorf
360
Wolfgang Herz
Germany
4.5 billion
Tchibo , Beiersdorf
369
Guenther Fielmann
Germany
4.4 billion
Fielmann
393
Aloys Wobben
Germany
4.2 billion
Enercon
418
Wolfgang Reimann
Germany
4.0 billion
JAB Holding Company , Reckitt Benckiser ,
418
Matthias Reimann-Andersen
Germany
4.0 billion
JAB Holding Company , Reckitt Benckiser ,
418
Stefan Reimann-Andersen
Germany
4.0 billion
JAB Holding Company , Reckitt Benckiser ,
418
Renate Reimann-Haas
Germany
4.0 billion
JAB Holding Company , Reckitt Benckiser ,
418
Friede Springer
Germany
4.0 billion
Axel Springer AG
435
Ralph Dommermuth
Germany
3.9 billion
United Internet
435
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
Germany
3.9 billion
Sun Microsystems , Arista Networks
462
Traudl Engelhorn
Germany
3.7 billion
Boehringer Mannheim , Corange
462
Ursula Engelhorn
Germany
3.7 billion
Boehringer Mannheim , Corange
462
Theo Müller
Germany
3.7 billion
Müllermilch , Nordsee , Mueller Quaker Dairy
481
Elizabeth Mohn
Germany
3.6 billion
Bertelsmann , Bertelsmann Foundation
497
Martin Viessmann
Germany
3.5 billion
Viessmann Group
512
Christa Gelpke
Germany
3.4 billion
Boehringer Mannheim , Corange
512
Erich Kellerhals
Germany
3.4 billion
Media-Saturn-Holding
533
Heinz-Georg Baus
Germany
3.4 billion
Bauhaus , Praktiker
534
Axel Oberwelland
Germany
3.3 billion
August Storck , Werther's Original
535
Westphal familie (Claudia und Rudolf)
Germany
1.0 billion
Boehringer Ingelheim
See also
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