Gerda Tschira

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Biography

• Gerda Tschira is the widow of Klaus Tschira, the software pioneer who cofounded SAP (Systems, Applications, Products) in 1972.
• She and her two billionaire sons inherited Klaus Tschira's stake in SAP when he died in 2015. Klaus retired from the company in 1998 and left its board in 2007.
• His sons carry on the activities of the Klaus Tschira Foundation, which promotes learning in natural sciences, mathematics and computer science.
• His sons carry on the activities of the Klaus Tschira Foundation, which promotes learning in natural sciences, mathematics and computer science.
• The foundation, one of Germany's largest philanthropies, has awarded more than $740 million in cash grants and in-kind donations.

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