Rank #2932
Kurt Krieger
Net worth $1.3B
furniture retailing · Germany
- Born
- Apr 02, 1948
- Age
- 78
- Source
- furniture retailing
- Residence
- Berlin
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Kurt Krieger purchased Hoeffner Group in 1967 and turned it into one of Germany's leading furniture retailers.
- After the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, he seized the opportunity to tap into new markets in eastern Germany.
- Besides Hoeffner Group, Krieger owns real estate in his hometown Berlin, having acquired almost 100 acres in 2010.
- He's planning a development project with schools, shopping centers and, of course, a furniture store in the northern part of the city.
- In his youth, Krieger wanted to become a musician. He still plays the piano today.
- He flies his own helicopter and often uses this means of transportation to get to business meetings.