9. Johanna Quandt – Net Worth: $13.9 billion
Via madame.lefigaro.fr
BMW is one of the best auto brands in the world, and the quality of its brand has made billionaires out of its owners. Herbert Quandt was a wealthy German industrialist, who invested in BMW in 1959. Herbert’s actions of investing a huge amount of his wealth into BMW saved it from bankruptcy and it eventually made him a very wealthy man. Herbert died in 1982 and left his BMW shares with his wife Johannaand two children, who immediately became extremely wealthy. The 89-year-old Johanna Quandt who is Herbert’s widow is worth $13.9 billion, making her one of the wealthiest women in the world. Her children Stefan Quandt and Susanne Klatten are worth $15.6 billion and $16.8 billion respectively, with almost all their wealth coming from BMW.
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