Portrait of Peter-Alexander Wacker

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Peter-Alexander Wacker

Net worth $1.1B

Chemicals · Germany

Born
Oct 02, 1951
Age
74
Source
Chemicals
Residence
Starnberg
Citizenship
Germany
Marital status
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Peter-Alexander Wacker owns around 10% of chemical company Wacker Chemie AG, founded by his great-grandfather Alexander Wacker in 1914.
  • He worked for BMW for ten years before joining Wacker Chemie in 1993 as a member of the board, when it was still a privately owned company.
  • When Wacker went public in November 2005, Peter-Alexander became CEO. In 2008, he stepped down and became chairman of the supervisory board.
  • Wacker Chemie has an annual revenue of more than $6 billion and sells its products in over 100 countries.
  • In 2016, the company began producing polysilicon (used for solar cells and semiconductors) at a new facility in Bradley County, Tennessee.
  • Peter-Alexander Wacker was named family business man of the year in Germany in 2006.
  • He collects elephant figures from around the world, as elephants symbolize strength to him. His holding company is named Blue Elephant.

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