Susanne Klatten Net Worth

Susanne Klatten is Germany's richest woman, thanks to her inherited interests in BMW from her deceased parents. She is a trained economist with an M.B.A. and is credited with transforming Altana AG into a world-class pharmaceutical/specialty chemical corporation. She also holds stakes in wind power, soil additive, and carbon and graphite companies. Klatten lives in Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe and has a second home in Kitzbuehel, Austria, and is known for keeping a low profile.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day April 28, 1962
Birth Place Bad Homburg, Germany, Germany
Age 61 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Taurus
Residence Bad Homburg
Citizenship Germany
Education IMD-Lausanne (MBA)
Known for holdings in Altana and BMW; richest woman in Germany
Spouse(s) Jan Klatten (m. 1990)
Children 3
Parent(s) Herbert Quandt (1910–1982) Johanna Quandt (1926–2015)
Relatives Stefan Quandt (brother; b. 1966)

💰 Net worth: $27.4 Billion (2024)

Susanne Klatten, a prominent figure in the automotive industry in Germany, is estimated to have a staggering net worth of $27.4 billion in the year 2024. Recognized as one of the wealthiest individuals in the country, Klatten has made a significant fortune through her involvement in the automobile sector, particularly as a major shareholder of BMW. Her vast wealth showcases her profound influence and success within the industry, solidifying her reputation as a driving force in the world of automobiles.

2009 $10 Billion
2010 $11.1 Billion
2011 $14.6 Billion
2012 $13 Billion
2013 $14.3 Billion
2014 $17.4 Billion
2015 $16.8 Billion
2016 $18.5 Billion
2017 $20.4 Billion
2018 $24.77 Billion

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Biography/Timeline

1978

Police prevented an attempt to kidnap her and her mother Johanna Quandt in 1978.

1981

Klatten was born in Bad Homburg, Germany. After gaining a degree in Business Finance, she worked for the advertising agency Young & Rubicam in Frankfurt from 1981 to 1983. This was followed by a course in marketing and management at the University of Buckingham, and an MBA from IMD in Lausanne specialising in advertising.

1990

Susanne met Jan Klatten while she was doing an internship with BMW in Regensburg, where he worked as an Engineer. It is reported that during this time she called herself Kant and did not tell him who she was until they were sure about each other, but Klatten herself denies the story. They married in 1990 in Kitzbühel and live in Munich. They have three children. She plays golf and skis in Austria. She has been a member of the University Council of the Technical University of Munich since 2005. In 2007 she was awarded the Bayerischer Verdienstorden, the Bavarian Order of Merit. She is one of the biggest donors of the centre-right political party, the Christian Democratic Union.

1997

Her Father also left her a 12.50% stake in BMW. She was appointed to the supervisory board of BMW with her brother Stefan Quandt in 1997.

2006

On her father's death she inherited his 50.1% stake in pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer Altana. She sits on Altana's supervisory board and helped transform it into a world-class corporation in the German DAX list of 30 top companies. In 2006 Altana AG sold its pharmaceutical activities to Nycomed for €4.5 billion, leaving only its speciality chemicals Business. The €4.5 billion was distributed to shareholders as a dividend. Altana maintained its stock exchange listing and Klatten remained its majority shareholder. In 2009, she bought almost all shares she did not already own in Altana.

2007

In 2007 Klatten was blackmailed by Helg "Russak" Sgarbi, a 44-year-old Swiss national who threatened to release materials depicting the two having an affair. Sgarbi, who was charged with similar blackmail schemes against multiple women, was arrested in January 2009 and brought to court in Germany, where he was sentenced to six years in jail. His accomplice, the Italian hotel owner Ernano Barretta who allegedly filmed Sgarbi and Klatten with hidden cameras, was also arrested and was sentenced in 2012 to seven years in prison.

2009

German graphite maker SGL Carbon said on 16 March 2009 that Klatten owns options to raise her stake in SGL from 8% to almost a quarter of the shares but no more than that.

2012

She owns an approximately 25% stake in German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex and, in 2012, bought stakes from Dutch biotech company Paques and used oil recycling company Avista Oil (de) of Germany.