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{{Infobox person
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| name = Susanne Klatten
| name = Susanne Klatten
| image =
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| birth_name = Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt
| birth_name = Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 April 1962}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 April 1962}}
| birth_place = [[Bad Homburg]], [[Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Bad Homburg]], Germany
| residence = Bad Homburg<ref name="Forbes" />
| residence = Bad Homburg<ref name="Forbes" />
| citizenship = Germany<ref name="Forbes" />
| citizenship = Germany<ref name="Forbes" />
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| networth = {{gain}} [[United States dollar|US$]] 17.4 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (est.)<br/>''(Forbes, March 2014)''<ref name="Forbes" />
| networth = {{gain}} [[United States dollar|US$]] 17.4 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (est.)<br/>''(Forbes, March 2014)''<ref name="Forbes" />
| spouse = {{marriage|Jan Klatten|1990}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Jan Klatten|1990}}
| children = 3 <ref name="Forbes" />
| children = {{flagicon|DEU}} Lukas Robert James <small>(1992)</small><br /> {{flagicon|DEU}} Emma <small>(1995)</small><br /> {{flagicon|UK}} Ann Kathrin <small>(2009)
| parents = [[Herbert Quandt]] (1910–1982)<br/>[[Johanna Quandt]] (b. 1926)
| parents = [[Herbert Quandt]] (1910–1982)<br/>[[Johanna Quandt]] (b. 1926)
| relatives = [[Stefan Quandt]] (brother; b. 1966)
| relatives = [[Stefan Quandt]] (brother; b. 1966)
}}
}}


'''Susanne Klatten''' (born '''Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt''' on 28 April 1962 in [[Bad Homburg]], [[Germany]]) is the daughter of [[Herbert Quandt|Herbert]] and [[Johanna Quandt]]. As of March, 2014, her net worth is US$17.4 billion, and she is [[List of US-dollar billionaires in Germany|the richest woman in Germany]] and the 49th richest person in the world.<ref name="Forbes"/>
'''Susanne Klatten''' (born '''Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt''' on 28 April 1962 in [[Bad Homburg]], Germany) is the daughter of [[Herbert Quandt|Herbert]] and [[Johanna Quandt]]. As of March, 2014, her net worth is US$17.4 billion, and she is [[List of Germans by net worth|the richest woman in Germany]] and the 49th richest person in the world.<ref name="Forbes" />


== Education ==
== Education ==
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|title=Deutsche Welle
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|accessdate=3 May 2013
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}}</ref><ref>{{Literatur | Autor=Heinz Bude | Titel=Aus Liebe zur Sippe | Sammelwerk=[[Die Zeit]] | Nummer=15 | Tag=6 | Monat=April | Jahr=2005 | ISSN=0044-2070 | Seiten= | Online=[http://zeus.zeit.de/text/2005/15/Lebenshilfe_2fFamilien_15 ZEIT Online] | Zugriff=2013-03-08}}</ref> They married in 1990 in [[Kitzbühel]] and live in [[Munich]].<ref name ="DW"/> They have three children.<ref name ="DW"/> She also plays golf and skis in [[Austria]]. She has been a member of the University Council of the [[Technical University of Munich]] since 2005. In 2007 she was awarded the ''Bayerischer Verdienstorden'', the [[Bavarian Order of Merit]]. She is one of the biggest donors of the [[centre-right]] [[political party]] the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]].<ref>[http://www.parteispenden.unklarheiten.de/?db_id=23&seite=datenbank_show_k Von Susanne Klatten geleistete Parteispenden] seit 2000; Politische Datenbank Unklarheiten.de</ref>
}}</ref><ref>{{Literatur | Autor=Heinz Bude | Titel=Aus Liebe zur Sippe | Sammelwerk=[[Die Zeit]] | Nummer=15 | Tag=6 | Monat=April | Jahr=2005 | ISSN=0044-2070 | Seiten= | Online=[http://zeus.zeit.de/text/2005/15/Lebenshilfe_2fFamilien_15 ZEIT Online] | Zugriff=2013-03-08}}</ref> They married in 1990 in [[Kitzbühel]] and live in [[Munich]].<ref name ="DW" /> They have three children.<ref name ="DW" /> She plays golf and skis in Austria. She has been a member of the University Council of the [[Technical University of Munich]] since 2005. In 2007 she was awarded the ''Bayerischer Verdienstorden'', the [[Bavarian Order of Merit]]. She is one of the biggest donors of the [[centre-right]] [[political party]] the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]].<ref>[http://www.parteispenden.unklarheiten.de/?db_id=23&seite=datenbank_show_k Von Susanne Klatten geleistete Parteispenden] seit 2000; Politische Datenbank Unklarheiten.de</ref>


==Affair and blackmail==
==Affair and blackmail==
On 31 October 2008 several European newspapers reported a [[blackmail]] plot against Susanne Klatten and the subsequent arrest of two men.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3331892/German-heiress-at-centre-of-sex-tape-blackmail-plot.html |title= German heiress at centre of sex tape blackmail plot |work= [[Daily Telegraph]] |date= 31 October 2008}}</ref> Klatten was blackmailed in 2007 by Helg (Russak) Sgarbi, 44, a Swiss national who threatened to release intimate films of Klatten having an affair with one of the accused unless she paid him 14 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/4959590/Swiss-gigolo-Helg-Sgarbi-on-trial-for-blackmailing-BMW-heiress-Susanne-Klatten.html |title= 'Swiss gigolo' Helg Sgarbi on trial for blackmailing BMW heiress Susanne Klatten |work= [[Daily Telegraph]] |date= 9 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,611715,00.html |title= Trial to Begin for Man Who Duped Germany's Richest Woman |work= [[Spiegel Online]] |date= 2009-03-06 |accessdate= 2009-03-06 }}</ref> Klatten contacted the German police in response to this threat.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |first= Miranda |last= Bryant |url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-gigolo-the-german-heiress-and-a-1636m-revenge-for-her-nazi-legacy-986855.html |title= The gigolo, the German heiress, and a £6m revenge for her Nazi legacy |publisher= [[The Independent]] |date= 2008-11-03 |accessdate= 2009-03-06 }}</ref> It was also reported that Klatten had previously paid 7.5 million euros to Sgarbi after he claimed his life was endangered by the [[mafia]].<ref name="spiegel" />
On 31 October 2008 several European newspapers reported a [[blackmail]] plot against Susanne Klatten and the subsequent arrest of two men.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3331892/German-heiress-at-centre-of-sex-tape-blackmail-plot.html |title= German heiress at centre of sex tape blackmail plot |work= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= 31 October 2008}}</ref> Klatten was blackmailed in 2007 by Helg (Russak) Sgarbi, 44, a Swiss national who threatened to release intimate films of Klatten having an affair with one of the accused unless she paid him 14 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/4959590/Swiss-gigolo-Helg-Sgarbi-on-trial-for-blackmailing-BMW-heiress-Susanne-Klatten.html |title= 'Swiss gigolo' Helg Sgarbi on trial for blackmailing BMW heiress Susanne Klatten |work= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= 9 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,611715,00.html |title= Trial to Begin for Man Who Duped Germany's Richest Woman |work= [[Spiegel Online]] |date= 2009-03-06 |accessdate= 2009-03-06 }}</ref> Klatten contacted the German police in response to this threat.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |first= Miranda |last= Bryant |url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-gigolo-the-german-heiress-and-a-1636m-revenge-for-her-nazi-legacy-986855.html |title= The gigolo, the German heiress, and a £6m revenge for her Nazi legacy |publisher= [[The Independent]] |date= 2008-11-03 |accessdate= 2009-03-06 }}</ref> It was also reported that Klatten had previously paid 7.5 million euros to Sgarbi after he claimed his life was endangered by the [[mafia]].<ref name="spiegel" />


The reports state that Sgarbi approached Klatten in 2006 at Hotel Lanserhof, a spa near [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], and that the couple had then met in secret at luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, her hometown of Munich, and in other European cities.<ref name="spiegel" /><ref name="independent" />
The reports state that Sgarbi approached Klatten in 2006 at Hotel Lanserhof, a spa near [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], and that the couple had then met in secret at luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, her hometown of Munich, and in other European cities.<ref name="spiegel" /><ref name="independent" />
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== References ==
== References ==
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|title= Susanne Klatten - Forbes
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|work= [[Forbes]] |date= March 9, 2011 |accessdate= May 11, 2011}}
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* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=EAGJ&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=EAGJ&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People]
* [http://www.manager-magazin.de/img/0,1020,530688,00.jpg Photo]
* [http://www.manager-magazin.de/img/0,1020,530688,00.jpg Photo]
* [http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1799630,00.html ''Deutsche Welle'' 5 Dec 2005] {{dead link|date=July 2014}}
* [http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=3389 Biography and news]
* [http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=3389 Biography and news]
* [http://www.quandtfamily.com Wiki for The Quandt Family] {{dead link|date=July 2014}}


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Revision as of 10:19, 23 March 2015

Susanne Klatten
Born
Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt

28 April 1962 (1962-04-28) (age 62)
Bad Homburg, Germany
CitizenshipGermany[1]
EducationIMD-Lausanne (MBA)
Known forholdings in Altana and BMW
Spouse
Jan Klatten
​
(m. 1990)​
Children3 [1]
Parent(s)Herbert Quandt (1910–1982)
Johanna Quandt (b. 1926)
RelativesStefan Quandt (brother; b. 1966)

Susanne Klatten (born Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt on 28 April 1962 in Bad Homburg, Germany) is the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt. As of March, 2014, her net worth is US$17.4 billion, and she is the richest woman in Germany and the 49th richest person in the world.[1]

Education

After gaining a degree in business finance, Susanne Klatten worked for the advertising agency

MBA from IMD in Lausanne
specialising in advertising.

She gained further business experience in London with Dresdner Bank, the Munich branch of management consultants McKinsey and the bank Reuschel & Co.

Recognising that her wealth is sometimes a problem, she often worked incognito under the name Susanne Kant.

Investments

On her father's death she inherited his 50.1% stake in pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer

specialty chemicals
business. The €4.5 billion was distributed to shareholders as a dividend. Altana maintained its stock exchange listing and Susanne Klatten remained its majority shareholder.

In 2009, she bought almost all shares she did not already own in Altana.

Her father also left her a 12.50% stake in BMW.[1] She was appointed to the supervisory board of BMW with her brother Stefan Quandt in 1997.

German graphite maker SGL Group said on 16 March 2009 that Susanne Klatten owns options to raise her stake in SGL from 8% to almost a quarter of the shares but no more than that.[1]

She owns an approximately 25% stake in German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex and, in 2012, bought stakes from Dutch biotech company Paques and used oil recycling company Avista Oil of Germany.[3]

A programme by the German public broadcaster,

Second World War. As a result, four family members announced, on behalf of the entire Quandt family, their intention to fund a research project in which a historian will examine the family’s activities during Hitler’s dictatorship.[4]

Personal life

Police prevented an attempt to kidnap her in 1978.[5]

Susanne met Jan Klatten while she was doing an internship with BMW in

Christian Democratic Union.[8]

Affair and blackmail

On 31 October 2008 several European newspapers reported a blackmail plot against Susanne Klatten and the subsequent arrest of two men.[9] Klatten was blackmailed in 2007 by Helg (Russak) Sgarbi, 44, a Swiss national who threatened to release intimate films of Klatten having an affair with one of the accused unless she paid him 14 million euros.[10][11] Klatten contacted the German police in response to this threat.[12] It was also reported that Klatten had previously paid 7.5 million euros to Sgarbi after he claimed his life was endangered by the mafia.[11]

The reports state that Sgarbi approached Klatten in 2006 at Hotel Lanserhof, a spa near Innsbruck, Austria, and that the couple had then met in secret at luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, her hometown of Munich, and in other European cities.[11][12]

Sgarbi was arrested in January 2009 by the Austrian EKO Cobra police unit and extradited to Germany where he faced charges of fraud, attempted fraud, and attempted extortion.[11] On 9 March 2009 Sgarbi pleaded guilty in court,[13] his counsel stating that the accusations against him were essentially accurate. It was anticipated that by pleading guilty at an early stage his sentence would be reduced. He was sentenced to six years in jail which fell short of the nine years the prosecution sought. Sgarbi is not eligible for early release because he has not disclosed the location of money he received as part of his blackmail scheme. His accomplice, the Italian hotel owner Ernano Barretta, who allegedly filmed Sgarbi and Klatten with hidden cameras, is in custody in Italy.[12]

See also

  • List of billionaires

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Susanne Klatten – Forbes". Forbes. March 9, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  2. ^ Die Quandts by Rüdiger Jungbluth p356 published by Campus.de ISBN 3-593-36940-0
  3. ^ "Susanne Klatten Net Worth". TheRichest.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Description of the 2007 ARD programme by Der Spiegel
  5. ^ "Richest Germans: The Family Behind BMW". Deutsche-Welle. 5 December 2005.
  6. ^ a b c "Deutsche Welle". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  7. ISSN 0044-2070, retrieved 2013-03-08 {{citation}}: Check |url= value (help
    )
  8. ^ Von Susanne Klatten geleistete Parteispenden seit 2000; Politische Datenbank Unklarheiten.de
  9. ^ "German heiress at centre of sex tape blackmail plot". The Daily Telegraph. 31 October 2008.
  10. ^ "'Swiss gigolo' Helg Sgarbi on trial for blackmailing BMW heiress Susanne Klatten". The Daily Telegraph. 9 March 2009.
  11. ^
    Spiegel Online
    . 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  12. ^ a b c Bryant, Miranda (2008-11-03). "The gigolo, the German heiress, and a £6m revenge for her Nazi legacy". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  13. ^ "Swiss blackmail 'gigolo' jailed". BBC News. 9 March 2009.

External links

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