Traudl Engelhorn
Lucerne, Switzerland
Germany
pharmaceuticals, medical equipment
$3,800,000,000
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#568 Billionaires 2019
Traudl Engelhorn belongs to a storied German industrial clan whose patriarch, Friedrich Engelhorn, founded the chemical company BASF in 1865.She is the widow of Peter Engelhorn, whose late brother Curt ran the family business Boehringer Mannheim for more than three decades.He expanded its biochemical and pharmaceutical operations while also building it into one of the world's leading makers of medical diagnostic tests.Traudl netted approximately $2.45 billion after Curt initiated the sale of the company to Roche for $11 billion in 1997.She lives a quiet life in Lausanne, Switzerland and avoids publicity.
Together with her late husband, Traudl built up one of Europe's biggest collections of contemporary glass art.In 2017, she granted $6.5 million to the rem (Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum) through her foundation for an addition to the museum.
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