Reinhold Wuerth

Reinhold Würth is a German businessman and art collector. He took over his father’s tiny wholesale screw business at age 19 and built it into the Adolf Würth Group, which posted $13 billion in sales in 2013. Since the 1960s Würth has collected works of art.

• Reinhold Wuerth entered his father’s wholesale screw business in 1949, at age 14, as the company’s second employee and first apprentice.
• He took the reins in 1954 and honed a competitive advantage by delivering goods directly to customers on construction sites and in mechanical shops.
• Today, with sales of over $14 billion, Wuerth Group supplies assembly and fastening materials for the automotive, construction and engineering trades.
• Reinhold retired in 1993, but he still serves as chairman of the supervisory board of the Wuerth Group´s family trusts.
• Daughter Bettina Wuerth is chairwoman of the advisory board of Wuerth Group.