Rank #1227
Georg von Opel
Net worth $3.5B
Real estate, investments · Switzerland
- Born
- May 04, 1966
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Real estate, investments
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 5
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Economics, University of Rhode Island
Net worth over time
Biography
- Georg von Opel's Hansa has a portfolio of diverse holdings in real estate, alternative investments and private equity.
- In 2025, Hansa bought the remaining shares of investment company Athris, and delisted the company from the Bern Stock Exchange, where it had traded since 2018.
- Von Opel, an heir to the Opel automotive fortune, owns Biotech4, an energy business that operates five plants with capacity for 53 megawatts of renewable power.
- In 2018, he founded the private company Westerberg Limited, which buys young race horses.
- His private real estate includes properties in England, Spain, France and Switzerland.
- Georg is the great-grandson of Adam Opel, the pioneering namesake of the German car company.
- The Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation funds care and education of underprivileged children and teens in developing countries.