Name
Heidi Horten
Primary Residence
Vienna, Austria
Citizenship
Austria
Source Of Wealth
retail
Net Worth
$3,000,000,000
Forbes Profile
Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:
715
Forbes List Rank One: Title
#715 Billionaires 2019
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Summary
Heidi Horten inherited a fortune from her husband, Helmut Horten, who founded the German department store Horten AG in 1936.She met the much older Horten in a bar in Austria in 1959, when she was 19. When he died in 1987, he left Horten a $1 billion fortune that has since grown.She sits on the board of Helmut Horten Stiftung, a charitable foundation supporting medical research and health care institutions.She also owns the 320-foot superyacht Carinthia VII.
Did you know?
In 2008 Horten sold a 35.5 carat diamond that was once a Bavarian crown jewel for $24 million.She is an avid ice hockey fan and art collector, with a billion-dollar collection spanning some 500 works from the likes of Bacon, Picasso and Warhol.
Age
78
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