Portrait of Holger Loclair

Rank #2181

Holger Loclair

Net worth $1.9B

Adhesives · Germany

Born
Jan 24, 1951
Age
75
Source
Adhesives
Residence
Oranienburg
Citizenship
Germany
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Holger Loclair, originally from the GDR (former socialist East Germany) started working in 1987 at an industrial company that was later named Orafol when capitalism took hold.
  • West German investor Klaus Schmidbaur owned Orafol until he gradually transferred 99% of it to Loclair during 2013-2016.
  • Orafol is the world market leader for self-adhesive reflective films and industrial tapes.
  • Loclair is the only billionaire form former East Germany. His son Christian Loclair invests in startups.