Alexander Knauf
$1.3B
Born
May 30, 1974
Age
51
Source of Wealth
building materials
Residence
Würzburg,
Citizenship
Germany
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
- Alexander Knauf is an heir to one of the world's leading producers of building materials and systems, Knauf Gips KG.
- Based in Iphofen, Germany, the company employs more than 35,000 people around the world and has annual revenue of over $11 billion.
- Its product line includes plasterboards, cement boards and insulating materials. Alexander has served as managing director since 2012.
- Knauf Gips dates to 1932, when brothers and mining engineers Alfons and Karl Knauf obtained rights to gypsum deposits in Schengen, Germany.
- Their original gypsum factory, on the Moselle River in the border region of Luxembourg, Germany and France, is still the company's production nucleus.
- Alexander began his professional career with an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank before joining Knauf Gips.
- The family's Knauf Museum, on the premises of a historical inn built in 1688 on Iphofen's market square, houses a renowned collection or ancient relief art.
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