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German billionaire heiress, Susanne Klatten is the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt, the former being a German industrialist who is known for saving luxury vehicles company, BMW from the point of bankruptcy. Thanks to BMW s recovery from a slump earlier in the pandemic, US$10.9 billion was added to Klatten s fortune. The company also reported nearly US$119 billion in revenues in 2020 while its stock price increased more than 93 per cent since Mid-March 2020.
The BMW heiress inherited a 12.50 per cent stake following her father s death which now totals to 19.2 per cent after her mother s passing in 2015. Besides her wealth from the German carmaker, she also inherited her late father s 50.1 per cent stake in pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer, Atlanta.
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Forbes’ 2021 list of the World’s Billionaires features 328 women, up more than 36% from the previous year, including a new world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire.
In February, 31-year-old Bumble cofounder Whitney Wolfe Herd took her matchmaking company public, becoming the youngest female CEO in the U.S. to ring an opening bell and the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire. Wolfe Herd, who is worth $1.3 billion, is one of 63 women who joined
Forbes annual World’s Billionaires list for the first time in 2021.