The Secret Lives of German Billionaires

What are the types of secrets these German billionaires are hiding? Find out all about it in this video!

Dieter Schwarz
Dieter Schwarz, known in the German press as "the Phantom of Heilbronn," is one of the wealthiest human beings on Earth, and yet, very little is known about him. There are only a handful of images of him online, and even those are left up to speculation.

Susanne Klatten
Not many people have heard of the heiress to the BMW throne, Susanne Klatten, who inherited 12 and a half percent of her father's company upon his death in 1982. Her father, Herbert Quandt, a billionaire industrialist, saved BMW from bankruptcy back in the 1960s.

The Quandt Family
Even though they're to thank for saving BMW, the Quandt family is not without their dark past. As it turns out, the Quandts held secret ties to the Nazis during World War II and even used 50,000 slave laborers, many of whom passed away while working at the family's factories.

Theo and Karl Albrecht
Remember the Albrecht brothers, the German businessmen that we mentioned earlier? You know, the ones who were taken hostage by terrorists?

Adolf Merckle
Adolf Merckle was born into a rich German family. By the time he was done building his pharmaceutical empire, he'd become one of Germany's richest people. Though he went to law school, Adolf was far more interested in being a businessman than being a lawyer.

Wolfgang Marguerre
Wolfgang Marguerre has certainly made his presence felt in the world, even though not much is known about the man himself. In 1983, Wolfgang founded the pharmaceutical company Octapharma, which he has since grown into one of the leading manufacturers of blood plasma products around the globe.

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