Curt Engelhorn
| Curt Engelhorn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Residence | Gstaad, Switzerland |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Known for | Former owner, Boehringer Mannheim and DePuy Inc. |
| Net worth | $4.0 billion (January 2015)[1] |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Friedrich Engelhorn (great-grandfather) |
Curt Engelhorn (born 1926)[1] is a German billionaire businessman.
Education
Engelhorn graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.[2]
Career
For more than three and a half decades, Engelhorn led the pharmaceutical companies Boehringer Mannheim and DePuy Inc. [3] In 1997 he sold the two firms (in which together he had a 40% stake) to Hoffmann-La Roche for >$10 billion.
In 2008 it was announced that Engelhorn would be donating 400,000 euros annually over the period of 10 years to support American studies at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies.[4]
Until 2012, Engelhorn owned Five Star Island, Bermuda a major share holding in a Bermuda registered German pharmaceutical multinational Corange Ltd.[5]
Personal life
Engelhorn is the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the German chemical company BASF. He is married with five children and lives in Gstaad, Switzerland, with other homes in Costa Brava, Spain and on the Cote D'Azur, France.[1] Aside from his involvement in the family business Engelhorn supports the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim.[6]
As of June 2015, according to Forbes, Engelhorn has a net worth of $6.2 billion.[7]
Other
In 2012 it was discovered that an authentic 12th century cloister had been used as a pool decoration in one of Engelhorn's Spanish estates, hidden from the public and the Spanish conservation authorities for more than half a century.[8][9]
See also
References
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