There, where the is not sufficient, because the respective person has not assets more than a billion dollars, we have used other sources.

Overall, in Germany there are currently 117 Dollar billionaires. Many families, for example, the Oetkers from Bielefeld, the same number of representatives. And just like the normal population, distribute the billionaires unevenly over the country: In North Rhine-Westphalia is about far more super-rich than in Thuringia. These are the richest people in each state:

The native of Heilbronn is the owner of the Schwarz group, to belong to the about Lidl and Kaufland. The now 80-Year-old inherited the business in 1977 from his father. At the time, Lidl, however, was only four years old and still quite small. Today, the group makes more than 100 billion euros in sales in the year.

Susanne Klatten owes her fortune to the heritage of their mother Johanna, the third wife of former BMW chief Herbert Quandt. Klatten, who lives in Munich, belonging to 19.2 percent of the automaker. However, she is not complacent: As a business woman she made from the pharmaceutical company Altana, the father set up her large-scale, a multi-billion company. dpa/Henning Kaiser BMW's major shareholder Susanne Klatten.

upper Welland, the family company Storck leads since 2003 in the third Generation. His grandfather, August Storck, called upper Welland, founded the confectionery group in 1903, in the Westphalian town of Werther - hence the Name of its most famous product, the cream-candies "Werther's Real". Today, the company is the seat and upper wellands residence in Berlin.

Hard on the Berlin border, in Schönefeld, lives of the furniture magnate Kurt Krieger. The 72-Year-old bought the naming rights to the Höffner group in 1967, success came to him after the turn, as he expanded his furniture stores in Eastern Europe. With Stock Selection in Europe, you will achieve excess Returns with System! (Partner offer) Now 30 days free of charge test!

Who wants to buy in Germany, a concert ticket, on Klaus-Peter Schulenberg (69). Directed since 1973, a music Agency and bought in 1996 the Ticket Agency CTS. He made CTS Eventim and brought the company in 2000, listed on the stock exchange. Today, he has as Chairman of the Board, even 50.02 percent of the shares.

Alexander Otto is one of the heirs of Werner Otto, who founded the mail-order company in Hamburg in 1949. The 52-Year-old is not alive today, but only from his share of the family group, but is also building a major shareholder and CEO of the ECE group, a real estate company such as new shopping centers designs and operates. It was also founded by Werner Otto.

Friedhelm Loh is one of the few billionaires in this list, the has not inherited his fortune. He worked his way up to an apprenticeship as a power electrician, and subsequent studies in business administration at the head of the family company Rittal. From the 200 employees of the Friedhelm was born-Loh-group has today 11.600 employees. From the headquarters in Haiger from the 73-directs his company's Year-old conglomerate, which is involved mainly in the metal engineering and renewable energies.

Rahe, actually a native of Hamburg, bought in 1993, the Deutsche Seereederei in Rostock, GDR state-owned. Together with a colleague, he turned the ailing company into a flourishing cruise business, best known due to the AIDA Cruises. In 1999, he sold the company and concentrated on the hotel business. Since 2013, the A-Rosa luxury hotels belong to him.

The 68-year-old Wobben building is regarded as a pioneer of wind power, the Frisian Aurich from the power giant Enercon. The is today the largest German wind turbine manufacturer. 2012 Wobben retired for health reasons. The company since its Aloys-Wobben-Stiftung. Are you interested in in addition to values? The professionally managed trading service "Small Caps Champion" takes all the Research and analysis work. (Partner offer) Now 30 days free of charge test!

Beate Heisler and her brother, Karl Albrecht, Junior may attach to the title of the richest Germans. The siblings are the heirs of the 2014 late Aldi-Süd-founder Karl Albrecht, a Senior. The siblings still live in Mühlheim on the Ruhr. Her father had held for a long time, also the title of the richest German, alternately with his brother Theo.

1&1, GMX and Web.de are the brands by Ralph Dommermuth from Montabaur his wealth accumulated. The now 56-Year-old is the founder of United Internet. Even after the IPO of the holding company, he still owns around 40 per cent of the shares. dpa/Boris Roessler, Ralph Dommermuth, CEO of United Internet AG.

After Lidl and Aldi is still a third supermarket giant entrance in this list: globe. The 69-year-old leads the family-owned company in the fifth Generation, the smaller the trade of colonial goods in St. Wendel began. Today, 46 Super - and 91 stores in Germany belong to him, and many in the Czech Republic and Russia.

Bernhard Grosse Broermann is the founder of the Asklepios Kliniken, one of the three largest private hospital companies in Germany. He founded his first Hospital in 1984 and the company has made since then, to a giant with 150 hospitals and 45,000 employees worldwide. He also owns several Five-star Hotels. The residence of the 76-Year-old is the Saxon Königstein near Dresden.

Eckes-Chantré owes its wealth to the sparkling wine brands red riding hood and guts, which are produced in Freyburg. The family business is spread all over Hessen, and Saxony-Anhalt, is one of the Granini group juices with the well-known fruit.

The Bartels-Langness group, the Hermann Langness (67) has inherited, acts more in the Background, but it is one of the largest food wholesalers in Germany. The business is operated from Kiel. Last year, sales reached nearly four billion euros. Bernecker exchange - compass orientation for your Depot. Clear. Compact. Competent. (Partner offer) Now for 30 days completely free trial!

Despite the best efforts of the enough man of Thuringia could not be ascertained.

Careful readers may miss some of the names in the list. Klaus-Michael Kühne, for example, with 16.1 billion euros, the fourth-most successful of German, although born in Hamburg, but lives already in Switzerland since 1975.

Theo Albrecht Junior (15.4 billion Euro) must be in NRW his Cousins beaten, just as Stefan Quandt (15.1 billion euros) in Bavaria, and his sister Susanne. SAP founder Hasso Plattner (14.8 billion Euro) is only the second-most successful Baden-württemberg.

not the family Reimann. The is together the richest family of Germany, but none of the members creates with his individual assets on a top spot in any state.

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