Reinhold Würth | |
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Würth in 2020 | |
Born | (1935-04-20) 20 April 1935 (age 89) Öhringen, Württemberg, Germany |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | Chairman: Adolf Würth Group |
Children | 3 |
Father | Adolf Würth |
Reinhold Würth (born 20 April 1935) is a German businessman and art collector. In 1954, at the age of 19, he took over his father's tiny wholesale screw business and built it into the Würth Group, which posted €19.9 billion (US$21.68 billion) in sales in 2022.
Since the 1960s Würth has collected works of art. As of 2021, the collection contains over 18,300 works, specialising in art created from the late 19th century to today.
He is married with three children and lives in Künzelsau, Germany.
As of November 2024, Forbes estimated Würth's net worth at $33.6 billion, the world's 45th-richest person.
See also
References
- "Bloomberg Profile: Reinhold Wuerth". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- "Würth Collection". Würth and the Arts. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- Pal, Nev (25 October 2021). "Rotterdam's first fully wooden residential building, the most sustainable development in Europe and an ecological hemp house". World Architecture News. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Reinhold Wuerth & family". Forbes. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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Categories:- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from Öhringen
- Businesspeople from Baden-Württemberg
- 20th-century German businesspeople
- 21st-century German businesspeople
- German art collectors
- 20th-century art collectors
- 21st-century art collectors
- German billionaires
- German industrialists
- People from the Free People's State of Württemberg
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres