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Rank #584

Alexander Otto

Net worth $6.8B

Real estate · Germany

Born
Jul 07, 1967
Age
58
Source
Real estate
Residence
Hamburg
Citizenship
Germany
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Alexander Otto owns a stake in Otto Group and is majority shareholder and CEO of ECE Group, a commercial real estate firm focused on shopping centers.
  • His late father, Werner Otto, started the empire by founding a mail-order business in Hamburg in 1949.
  • With revenues exceeding $15 billion, Otto Group has more than 40 companies in retail (including Crate and Barrel), real estate and financial services.
  • His mother Maren and her daughter Katharina share a 14% stake with him in Paramount Group, which owns and manages office properties in the U.S.
  • Investing heavily in shopping centers, he became a shareholder of publicly-traded Deutsche EuroShop in 2001.
  • Alexander's sister, Katharina Otto-Bernstein, writes and produces art movies in the U.S.
  • His brother, Michael Otto, also a billionaire, ran Otto Group for 26 years until 2007. He is now chairman of its supervisory board.

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