Rank #2339
Horst Wortmann & family
Net worth $1.8B
Footwear · Germany
- Born
- May 08, 1941
- Age
- 85
- Source
- Footwear
- Residence
- Detmold
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Horst Wortmann, Germany's shoe billionaire, established Wortmann KG in 1967, in the city of Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Considered the European market leader in women's fashionable shoes, its brands include Tamaris, Marco Tozzi, Caprice, Jana and s.Oliver.
- Nephew Jens Beining developed "Agenda 2020" to prepare the company for future challenges, with special focus on online retail.
- Heir apparent Beining, who assumed operational management control in 2016, owns 10% of the company.
- The company, operating under the umbrella of Wortmann Schuh-Holding KG, has about 1,100 direct employees and an overall workforce of 30,000.
- Wortmann runs a real estate business on the side.