Rank #614
Christian Boehringer
Net worth $6.5B
Pharmaceuticals · Germany
- Born
- Jul 05, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Pharmaceuticals
- Residence
- Ingelheim
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Christian Boehringer owes his fortune to Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim, the world's largest privately-owned pharmaceutical company.
- Founded in 1885 by Albert Boehringer, the company supplied ingredients to pharmacies, textile merchants and the food industry, and grew to a workforce of 1,500 by the time of his death.
- Today, Boehringer Ingelheim, whose most well-known drugs treat COPD, anti-coagulation and type 2 diabetes, employs 53,000 people and has a presence in 130 markets.
- Christian along with 14 members of the family own equal parts of the company.