Curt Engelhorn
Curt Engelhorn | |
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Born | [1] Munich, Germany | 25 May 1926
Died | 13 October 2016 | (aged 90)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Known for | Former owner, Boehringer Mannheim and DePuy Inc. |
Children | 5 |
Relatives | Friedrich Engelhorn (great-grandfather) |
Curt Rudolf Glover Engelhorn[3] (25 May 1926 – 13 October 2016) was a German billionaire heir and businessman, the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the chemical company BASF.[2]
Education[]
Engelhorn graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.[4]
Career[]
For more than three and a half decades, Engelhorn led the pharmaceutical companies Boehringer Mannheim and DePuy Inc. In 1997 he sold the two firms (in which together he had a 40% stake) to Hoffmann-La Roche for more than $10 billion.
In 2008 it was announced that Engelhorn would be donating Euro 400,000 annually over the period of 10 years to support American studies at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies.[5]
Until 2012, Engelhorn owned Five Star Island, Bermuda a major share holding in a Bermuda registered German pharmaceutical multinational Corange Ltd.[6]
Since late 2013, there have been ongoing investigations by the German authorities concerning suspected tax frauds between Engelhorn and his daughters, avoiding capital transfer taxes of up to Euro 440 million (US$475 million).[7] As of January 2016, the family's lawyers conceded capital transfer tax evasions in the amount of Euro 135 million (US$145 million) to the court.[8]
Personal life[]
Engelhorn is the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the German chemical company BASF. He was married with five children and lived in Gstaad, Switzerland, with other homes in Costa Brava, Spain and on the Côte d'Azur, France.[2]
As of June 2015, according to Forbes, Engelhorn had a net worth of $6.2 billion.[9] He died on 13 October 2016, aged 90.[3]
Other[]
In 2012 it was discovered that an authentic 12th century cloister had been used as a pool decoration in one of Engelhorn's Spanish estates, hidden from the public and the Spanish conservation authorities for more than half a century.[10]
See also[]
- List of billionaires
References[]
- ^ Ravensburg, Munzinger-Archiv GmbH. "Curt Engelhorn - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Curt Engelhorn". Forbes. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dostert, Elisabeth (28 August 2018). "Trauer um Curt Engelhorn". Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Sueddeutsche.de.
- ^ Lee, Adrienne. "Curt G. Engelhorn - Cockrell School of Engineering". www.engr.utexas.edu. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Curt Engelhorn Donates 400,000 Euros Annually to Support American Studies in Heidelberg". Universität Heidelberg. 29 June 2015.
- ^ Keith Archibald Forbes. "Bermuda's world business leaders and their locally-registered companies". Bermuda-online.org. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Engelhorn clan can hope for court deal". Spiegel Online. 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Haben zwei Millionaers-Toechter 80 Millionen Euro hinterzogen?". Augsburger Allgemeine. 23 January 2016.
- ^ "#230 Curt Engelhorn & family". Forbes. 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Who has a cloister around their pool? | In English | EL PAÍS". Elpais.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- 1926 births
- 2016 deaths
- Swiss businesspeople
- German billionaires
- German expatriates in Switzerland
- Engelhorn family
- People from Gstaad
- 20th-century German businesspeople
- 21st-century German businesspeople
- People named in the Paradise Papers
- German business biography stubs