Friedhelm Loh

Friedhelm Loh is a German billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the Friedhelm Loh Group, a manufacturing company that grew out of a business he inherited from his father.

  • Friedhelm Loh‘s group of companies provides software, products and services to industries including switchgear manufacturing and utilities.
  • His largest company, Rittal, supplies electrical enclosures, climate-control technology, power distribution gear and IT infrastructure.
  • He inherited the business from his father, Rudolf, who invented the first mass-produced enclosures for electrical control systems.
  • Today, the group has over 11,500 employees, 80 global subsidiaries and annual revenue of around $3 billion.