5. Dietmar Hopp – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Net worth: $7 billion (£4.2 billion)
As a child, Dietmar Hopp played in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim‘s youth setup and has since become their chief financial backer, watching them rise from the fifth tier of German football to the Bundesliga.
In 2009, he built them the Rhein-Neckar Arena, which replaced the modestly-named and modestly-sized Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
Hopp made his million through software, with Forbes noting that his fortune increased by $500 million (£300 million) last year.
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