The following Forbes list of German billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2024.[1]
2024 German billionaires list top 25
| World ranking
 | 
Name
 | 
Citizenship
 | 
Net worth (USD)
 | 
Sources of wealth
 | 
| 32
 | 
Klaus-Michael Kühne
 | 
  Germany
 | 
39.2 billion
 | 
Kuehne + Nagel
 | 
| 37
 | 
Dieter Schwarz
 | 
  Germany
 | 
38 billion
 | 
Schwarz Gruppe
 | 
| 45
 | 
Reinhold Wuerth
 | 
  Germany
 | 
33.6 billion
 | 
Würth Group
 | 
| 68
 | 
Stefan Quandt
 | 
  Germany
 | 
27.3 billion
 | 
BMW
 | 
| 71
 | 
Susanne Klatten
 | 
  Germany
 | 
26.5 billion
 | 
BMW, Altana, Nordex, SGL Carbon
 | 
| 118
 | 
Beate Heister (b. Albrecht) & Karl Albrecht Jr.
 | 
  Germany
 | 
15.9 billion
 | 
Aldi Süd
 | 
| 129
 | 
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
 | 
  Germany
 | 
14.8 billion
 | 
Sun Microsystems, Arista Networks
 | 
| 135
 | 
Theo Albrecht Jr.
 | 
  Germany
 | 
14 billion
 | 
Aldi Nord and Trader Joe's
 | 
| 164
 | 
Hasso Plattner
 | 
  Germany
 | 
12.1 billion
 | 
SAP
 | 
| 195
 | 
Georg Schaeffler
 | 
  Germany
 | 
10.9 billion
 | 
Schaeffler Group
 | 
| 203
 | 
Friedhelm Loh
 | 
  Germany
 | 
10.6 billion
 | 
Friedhelm Loh Group
 | 
| 232
 | 
Andreas Strüngmann
 | 
  Germany
 | 
9.8 billion
 | 
Hexal, BioNTech
 | 
| 232
 | 
Thomas Strüngmann
 | 
  Germany
 | 
9.8 billion
 | 
Hexal, BioNTech
 | 
| 256
 | 
Ludwig Merckle
 | 
  Germany
 | 
9.4 billion
 | 
Phoenix Pharmahandel, Ratiopharm, HeidelbergCement, Kässbohrer
 | 
| 266
 | 
August von Finck Jr.
 | 
  Germany
 | 
9.2 billion
 | 
Merck Finck & Co., Allianz, Hochtief, Löwenbräu, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
 | 
| 287
 | 
Alexander Otto
 | 
  Germany
 | 
8.8 billion
 | 
ECE Group
 | 
| 317
 | 
Michael Otto
 | 
  Germany
 | 
8.1 billion
 | 
Otto Group
 | 
| 329
 | 
Michael Herz
 | 
  Germany
 | 
7.9 billion
 | 
Tchibo, Beiersdorf
 | 
| 329
 | 
Wolfgang Herz
 | 
  Germany
 | 
7.9 billion
 | 
Tchibo, Beiersdorf
 | 
| 358
 | 
Jürgen Blickle
 | 
  Germany
 | 
7.4 billion
 | 
SEW Eurodrive
 | 
| 385
 | 
Nadia Thiele
 | 
  Germany
 | 
7.1 billion
 | 
Knorr-Bremse AG
 | 
| 432
 | 
Wolfgang Marguerre
 | 
  Germany
 | 
6.4 billion
 | 
Octapharma
 | 
| 432
 | 
Maximilian Viessmann
 | 
  Germany
 | 
6.4 billion
 | 
Viessmann
 | 
| 498
 | 
Theo Müller
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.9 billion
 | 
Müller
 | 
| 511
 | 
Erich Wesjohann
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.8 billion
 | 
EW Group
 | 
| 529
 | 
Wolfgang Reimann
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.6 billion
 | 
JAB Holdings
 | 
| 529
 | 
Matthias Reimann-Andersen
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.6 billion
 | 
JAB Holdings
 | 
| 529
 | 
Stefan Reimann-Andersen
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.6 billion
 | 
JAB Holdings
 | 
| 529
 | 
Renate Reimann-Haas
 | 
  Germany
 | 
5.6 billion
 | 
JAB Holdings
 | 
| 1201
 | 
Klaus Tschira
 | 
  Germany
 | 
2.8 billion
 | 
SAP
 | 
| 1267
 | 
Aloys Wobben
 | 
  Germany
 | 
2.6 billion
 | 
Enercon
 | 
| 1321
 | 
Friedrich Knapp
 | 
  Germany
 | 
2.5 billion
 | 
New Yorker
 | 
| 1401
 | 
Lutz Meschke
 | 
  Germany
 | 
2.3 billion
 | 
Porsche AG
 | 
| 1542
 | 
Martin Herrenknecht
 | 
  Germany
 | 
2 billion
 | 
Herrenknecht AG
 | 
| 1618
 | 
Udo Müller
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.9 billion
 | 
Ströer SE & Co. KGaA
 | 
| 1694
 | 
Jörn Rausing
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.8 billion
 | 
Tetra Laval
 | 
| 1760
 | 
Ralph Dommermuth
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.7 billion
 | 
United Internet
 | 
| 1829
 | 
Stefan Persson
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.6 billion
 | 
H&M
 | 
| 2083
 | 
Andreas Seifert
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.2 billion
 | 
Lidl
 | 
| 2145
 | 
Helga Kellerhals
 | 
  Germany
 | 
1.1 billion
 | 
Keller Group
 | 
2015 German billionaires list top 40
| 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 | 
Patrick von Faber-Castell & Caroline Gotzens (b. Faber-Castell) | 
  Germany | 
3.0 billion | 
Faber-Castell, Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie., Infront Sports Media
 | 
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