Hasso Plattner
Heidelberg, Germany
Master of Science, University of Karlsruhe
Germany
software, Self Made
$15,200,000,000
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#94 Billionaires 2019
#20 Richest In Tech 2017
Hasso Plattner and four colleagues left IBM in 1972 to launch German software company SAP, which went public in 1988. He has served as chairman of the SAP supervisory board since May 2003, when he stepped down as CEO.His nonprofit Hasso Plattner Institute focuses on research and teaching in IT systems engineering, offering degree programs and free online courses.The institute has established Design Thinking schools at the University of Potsdam, Stanford University and the University of Cape Town.A signee of the Giving Pledge, Plattner has supported HIV/AIDS research and has promoted healthcare and health education in South Africa.
The Plattner-funded Museum Barberini in Potsdam, which opened in 2017, features his extensive collection of impressionist and modernist works.In the U.S., Plattner is majority owner of the San Jose Sharks ice hockey team.
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