Rank #1597
Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller
Net worth $2.6B
Manufacturing · Germany
- Born
- Dec 15, 1959
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Manufacturing
- Residence
- Berlin
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller owns 29.4% of the world's largest manufacturer of machine tools, TRUMPF, and serves as CEO.
- The company traces its roots to 1923 when Christian Trumpf acquired a machine shop in Stuttgart.
- Nicola's father, Berthold Leibinger, joined the company in 1961 and developed the first contour "nibbling" machine tool with numerical control.
- Christian Trumpf, who had no children, chose Berthold as his successor and handed over control of the company to him in 1972.
- After retiring from management in 2005, Berthold passed the company's ownership to his three children.
- Nicola, in addition to being active in various scientific, cultural and social institutions, is a board member at Siemens AG and Axel Springer SE.
- Her brother, Peter, and sister, Regine, also each own 29.4% of Trumpf.