Rank #632
Erich Wesjohann & family
Net worth $6.5B
Poultry genetics · Germany
- Born
- Jun 02, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Poultry genetics
- Residence
- Visbek
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Erich Wesjohann is the chairman and namesake of Germany-based EW Group, the world's largest poultry breeding and genetics company.
- EW Group was founded in 1999, when Wesjohann and his brother Paul-Heinz decided to split up their family chicken company, originally dating to 1932.
- In 2020, EW Group pulled in total revenue of $3.3 billion. Two U.S. poultry breeders Aviagen and Hubbard make up key assets in EW Group's portfolio.
- The low-profile billionaire and his wife have transferred a portion of ownership in EW Group to other members of their family over the years.