Rank #1969
Stephan Schnabel
Net worth $2.1B
Chemicals · Germany
- Born
- Jan 18, 1975
- Age
- 51
- Source
- Chemicals
- Residence
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Stephan Schnabel is the CEO and owner of Helm AG, a chemical marketing firm with annual revenue of around $6 billion and offices in 30 countries.
- By its own account, Helm began in 1900 as a Hamburg-based import-export business "for merchandise of every description."
- Stephan's grandfather Hermann took over from the namesake founder, Karl O. Helm, in 1950 and set a path focused on chemicals.
- Stephan's father, Dieter, took over from Hermann as chairman of the executive board in 1984 and continued to expand overseas.
- Stephan took the reins from Dieter in 2020. Dieter passed away at the end of 2023.
- Before succeeding his father as chairman of the executive board, Stephan headed the Crop Protection business unit.