German billionaires

Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for most fastest laps (77), among others.

Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004). According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, placing him among the 100 richest individuals in the world.

German businessman (1898–1974)

Turkish-German physician (born 1967)

German oncologist, developer of COVID-19 vaccine

German entrepreneur (1920-2014)

German businesswoman

German entrepreneur (1922-2010)

German businessman, badminton player (1923–2013)

German electrical engineer (born 1955)

German businesswoman (1926-2015)

German businessman

German entrepreneur

German manager and football administrator

Prince of Thurn and Taxis

German businessman and philanthropist (1921-2009)

German prince (1926-1990)

Businessperson, billionaire

German billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1944)

German businessman, art collector, Nazi Waffen SS (1916-2007)

businessman (1924-2013)

German businessman

German heiress, business woman, billionaire and politician

German businesswoman and philanthropist

German businessman (1952–2021)

German entrepreneur

German businessman

German businessman (1940-2015)

German businessman

German publisher

German entrepreneur

German businessperson (1927-2006)

German entrepreneur

German businesswoman, heiress and billionaire

German-Swiss businessman

German businessman

German businessman

German Chief executive officer of Fielmann (1939–2024)

German businessman

German businessman

German businessman

German businessman (1913-2008)

Transnistrian businessman

billionaire

German businessman

German billionaire (1939-2017)

German entrepreneur, investor, and lobbyist in Asia

German businessman (1928–2004)

German entrepreneur, victim of kidnapping

German businessman

German business executive, billionaire heiress

German businessman

German businessman (1930-2021)