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Name

Reinhold Schmieding

Primary Residence

Naples, Florida

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Michigan State University

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

medical devices, Self Made

Net Worth

$6,800,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/reinhold-schmieding

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

272

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#272 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#104 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

Michigan native Reinhold Schmieding started Arthrex, an orthopedic surgical tools company, in 1981 in Munich, Germany. Arthrex is now headquartered in Naples, Florida and has developed over 12,500 products used in shoulder, hip and other joint surgeries. Schmieding is the son of a dentist and comes from a family of German physicians.

Did you know?

The company logo, an "X" formed by a tiny arthroscope and a grasper, was originally sketched by Schmieding himself. While notoriously press-shy, the founder likes to keep his legacy intact; he's kept his $50 drafting table where he drafted his first operating instruments.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Schmieding