Dietmar Hopp & family
$5.6B
Born
Apr 26, 1940
Age
85
Source of Wealth
Software
Residence
Walldorf,
Citizenship
Germany
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Science, University of Karlsruhe
- Dietmar Hopp left IBM with four colleagues in 1972 to launch German enterprise software company SAP (Systems, Applications, Products).
- He served as co-CEO from 1988, the year SAP went public, to 1998 and then as chairman of the supervisory board until 2003.
- In 1996, he transferred most of his SAP shares to a charitable foundation.
- That entity, Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, supports sports, medicine, education and social programs, and has distributed around $1 billion since its start.
- Hopp and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are investors in CureVac, a German developer of vaccines for a range of diseases including Covid-19.
- Hopp is the main financial backer of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, a soccer club that plays in the First Bundesliga, the top division of Germany's league system.
- The Hopp family owns Domaine de Terre Blanche, a luxury golf resort and residential community in Provence, France, purchased from the actor Sean Connery.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|