Susanne Klatten

Susanne Klatten is a German heiress, the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt. As of June 2019, her net worth was US$18.8 billion, making her the richest woman in Germany and the 52nd richest person in the world.

• Susanne Klatten owns 19.2% of automaker BMW; her brother, Stefan Quandt, owns 23.7%.
• Their late mother, Johanna, was the third wife of legendary industrialist Herbert Quandt, who guided BMW to preeminence in the luxury market.
• An economist with an M.B.A., Klatten helped transform her grandfather’s Altana AG into a world-class pharmaceutical/specialty chemical corporation.
• Klatten is the sole owner and deputy chairman of Altana, which pulls in more than $2.5 billion in annual sales.
• She also holds stakes in wind power outfit Nordex AG and carbon and graphite producer SGL Group.