Reinhold Schmieding
Reinhold D. Schmieding is an American billionaire businessman and the founder and CEO of Arthrex.
- Michigan native Reinhold Schmieding started Arthrex, an orthopedic surgical tools company, in 1981 in Munich, Germany.
- Arthrex is now headquartered in Naples, Florida and has developed over 13,000 products used in shoulder, hip and other orthopedic surgeries.
- Privately-held Arthrex has estimated revenues of $2.1 billion; Schmieding owns more than 90% of the company.
- Schmieding is the son of German immigrants and his father is a dentist.
