Rank #742
Heinrich Otto Deichmann
Net worth $5.6B
Shoes, retail · Germany
- Born
- Nov 30, 1962
- Age
- 63
- Source
- Shoes, retail
- Residence
- Essen
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Heinrich Otto Deichmann is chairman of Deichmann SE, one of Europe's largest shoe retailers with 2024 sales revenue of about $9 billion.
- Headquartered in Essen, Germany, the company operates 4,700 locations across 34 countries and employs nearly 50,000 people.
- His grandfather Heinrich Deichmann started the business as a shoemaker store in 1913 and ran it with his wife Julie.
- Deichmann joined the company in 1989 and became its chairman ten years later; he now owns 80% of the company.
- His son Samuel joined the management board in 2020