Rank #91
Reinhold Wuerth & family
Net worth $27.4B
Fasteners · Germany
- Born
- Apr 20, 1935
- Age
- 91
- Source
- Fasteners
- Residence
- Kuenzelsau
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Reinhold Wuerth is honorary chairman of the supervisory board of the Wuerth Group, a German hardware manufacturer founded by his father.
- Wuerth joined the family's wholesale screw business in 1949, at age 14, as the company's second employee and first apprentice.
- Today, with annual sales of over $23 billion, the Wuerth Group has more than 400 companies and 87,000 employees around the world.
- Reinhold retired in 1994, but he still serves as Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Wuerth Group.
- Nephew Sebastian Wuerth is chairman of the advisory board of Wuerth Group.
- Wuerth's vast art collection, consisting of more than 20,000 pieces, began with an Emil Nolde watercolor painting acquired in 1972.
- An avid aviator, Wuerth was president of a German flying club for nearly 25 years.