Portrait of Udo Schütz & family

Rank #1223

Udo Schütz & family

Net worth $3.5B

packaging · Germany

Born
Jan 11, 1937
Age
89
Source
packaging
Residence
Selters
Citizenship
Germany
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Udo Schütz is the founder of Schütz-Werke, a German industrial packaging company that he founded in 1958.
  • Today the company manufactures products in packaging, recycling, energy systems and the aerospace industry.
  • Schütz-Werke has plants in the U.S., Brazil, Japan, China and Indonesia and employs 7,000 people.
  • Together with his two sons, he owns just under 75% of the company.
  • Schütz has given 25.5% of the company's shares to the family's charitable foundation Else Schütz Stiftung.
  • A former race car driver, Schütz won several championships in the 1960s.