This is the richest family of Germany, with thanks to BMW

Posted on 07-10-2014 at 22:05 by JordyS – 38 Comments”

That there is still serious money to be earned in the auto industry proves the family Quandt. They are the main shareholder of BMW, and since briefly the richest family of Germany.

Johanna is the widow of Herbert Quandt, the man who, in 1959, his ability on the game set for BMW from destruction to save. So, We can say that the family is a proper relationship with the brand and is not a shareholder (they possess are 46.7 percent of BMW) has become to far to withdraw.

They do, however, because the total assets of Johanna and her children Stefan and Susanne would, according to Manager Magazin of about 31 billion euros. This is the family the richest of Germany. Until recently, fell that honor to the owners of Aldi, but they came now to the second place.

Also the third place on the list of the rich is for a family that has close links to the automotive industry. Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler and son Georg are owner of supplier Schaeffler, while they are also a shareholder of tyre maker Continental. They are farmers with a capacity of 17.6 billion euros, everything except bad.