Portrait of Christoph Henkel

Rank #2266

Christoph Henkel

Net worth $1.8B

Consumer goods · Germany

Born
Feb 11, 1958
Age
68
Source
Consumer goods
Residence
London
Citizenship
Germany
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Christoph Henkel is the founding partner of investment firm Canyon Equity.
  • With brands like Persil, Schwarzkopf and Fa, and over $20 billion in annual revenue, Henkel is among the world's biggest cleaning product companies.
  • After the death of his father Konrad in 1999, Christoph Henkel inherited his interest in Henkel AG and became the largest single stockholder in the company.
  • He also invests in tech, biotech and movie-production companies, and has real estate holdings in Europe and the U.S.
  • Canyon Equity has acquired or developed luxury resorts in Fiji, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, with more planned in Costa Rica, Mexico and Malibu, CA.
  • Henkel co-founded Los Angeles-based production company Cineville; actors in its films have included Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn and Selma Hayek.
  • An outdoorsman and active in acquiring land for conservation, he is married to the German art dealer and collector Katrin Bellinger.

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