- Johanna Quandt
Johanna Quandt (born 1926) is a German billionaire and is the widow of industrialist
Herbert Quandt , who resurrectedBMW from bankruptcy. As a result she is the 14th richest person in Germany.She was born Johanna Bruhn in 1926. She became a secretary in Herbert's office in the 1950s and eventually became his personal assistant. She married Herbert in 1960. After Herbert's death in 1982 she became a major shareholder in BMW, and sat on its supervisory board until she retired in 1997. She still owns 16.7% of BMW. The two children of her marriage,
Stefan Quandt andSusanne Klatten , are also substantial shareholders in BMW and now sit on the supervisory board of BMW. Johanna lives quietly inBad Homburg . She supports child-cancer institutes and is a major donor to political parties.A programme by the German public broadcaster, ARD, in October 2007 described in detail the role of the Quandt family businesses during the
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 [ [http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,511193,00.html Description of the 2007 ARD programme by Der Spiegel] ] ] .ee also
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List of US-dollar billionaires in Germany References
External links
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=324H&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People]
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