Bernard Broermann

Bernard Grosse Broermann (born 1943/44) is a German billionaire, the founder of Asklepios Kliniken, one of Germany's three largest operators of private hospitals. It employs more than 45,000 people, and owns 150 hospitals worldwide.

Early life[]

Bernard gr. Broermann grew up in Damme and studied medicine and chemistry in Berlin and Münster up to the respective preliminary examinations.^[2] He then switched to studying law andbusiness administration and graduated with both legal state examinations and admission to the bar. He was awarded a doctorate in law in 1970 with his dissertation ‘The Scope ofInvestment Legislation’. During his studies, he founded the company, "Capital Treuhand", which was responsible for managing SEC-controlled funds. After completing his studies in Berlin, he sold this company. Broermann has an MBA from the INSEAD and Harvard University.^[1][3]

Career[]

Before founding the organisation Asklepios, and his first hospital in 1984, Broermann worked as an accountant and lawyer before founding Asklepios and his first hospital in 1984.^[1]

Asklepios Kliniken has moved into luxury hotels with it subsidiary, Dr. Broermann Hotels & Residences GmbH, which has bought Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg, the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein in Königstein, a luxury hotel and spa in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, and the near Frankfurt.^[1] In the 2018 fiscal year, the Asklepios Group achieved an operating result (EBITDA) of €397.6 million with an annualrevenue of more than €3.4 billion, earnings after tax (EAT) amounted to €171.1 million; the number of full-time employees was 35,327 at the 2018 balance sheet date.^[4]

As of November 2015, October 2020 estimated his net worth at US$3.5 billion.^[1]

Personal life[]

Broermann is married with three children and lives in Königstein, Germany.^[1]

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