Rank #2567
Georg Haub
Net worth $1.6B
Retail · Germany
- Born
- Jan 01, 1962
- Age
- 64
- Source
- Retail
- Residence
- Berlin
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Georg Haub derives his fortune from Tengelmann Group, which began with a shop opened in Muelheim an der Ruhr in 1876. Georg holds 31.33% of the group.
- Its operations include home-improvement chain OBI; clothing and non-food discounter KiK; online retailer babymarkt.de; and food production company No Meat Factor.
- The group also invests in startups and is active in services (energy, plus audits and consulting), property management and real estate development.
- Oldest brother Karl-Erivan and Christian had taken over as co-CEOs in 2000. In 2018, Karl-Erivan went missing while on a ski tour. In 2021, he was declared dead.
- With Karl-Erivan presumed dead, Georg's younger brother, Christian, who had been overseeing Tengelmann's U.S. venture portfolio, took over as CEO.
- Erivan Haub had strong ties to Tacoma, WA, where his sons were born. He was a major contributor to UW-Tacoma, the Museum of Glass and the LeMay Automobile Museum