| 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
|
