Overview
- The Manager Magazin ranking published Wednesday places the Boehringer Ingelheim shareholder family first with an estimated €66.7 billion and Dieter Schwarz second at about €53.7 billion.
- The list records a new high of 257 billionaires in Germany and shows that €440 million was the threshold to make the top 500 this year.
- A dramatic revaluation moved the Merck family from about €24.5 billion to an estimated €50.7 billion, reflecting editorial valuation changes rather than cash transactions.
- Several regional and company-specific shifts also shaped the list, including the OHB-controlling family rising to €2.7 billion after a sharp share-price run and the Wirtz family returning at €1.5 billion.
- Manager Magazin’s figures are editorial estimates based on public records, market prices and expert sources, and the inclusion of previously omitted families followed court rulings that affirmed the list’s legality, so the rankings mainly reflect paper wealth and valuation methods.