Name
Erwin Franz Mueller
Erwin Franz Mueller
Ulm, Germany
Germany
drugstores, Self Made
$3,300,000,000
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#568 Billionaires 2019
Erwin Franz Mueller owns an eponymous drugstore chain with over 750 stores across seven European countries.The business dates to 1953, when Mueller opened a hairdressing shop in his home in Ulm, Germany.It has maintained steady top-line growth despite a series of executive departures, reportedly in part due to disagreements with Mueller. In 2016, German authorities stopped court proceedings against Mueller involving him having concealed assets in Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin.Mueller sued the bank, and in 2017 a German court ruled that the bank had to pay him $50 million in compensation for incorrect investment advice.
Mueller is believed to own about $1.1 billion of real estate assets, including a house and a golf course in Mallorca.He married his second wife and former secretary, Anita, in 2006.
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