Frank Blase
$3.1B
$3.2M (0.1%)
as of 12/05/25
About Frank Blase
Frank Blase runs the plastics manufacturer igus, which his father, Günter Blasé, founded in a garage in 1964.
Igus is the global leader in high-performance plastics for moving applications and has sales of more than 1 billion euros.
Blasé owns 97% of the business, his brother Carsten Blase, who lives in the USA, owns 3%.
Blase's Igus developed the world's first bike made from plastic in 2024.
Personal stats
Citizenship
GermanySource of wealth
PlasticsResidence
Bergisch Gladbach, GermanyMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/19/59 (age 65)Self-made
inherited and growingFrank Blase’s fortune is worth
52K
troy ounces of gold
48K
median U.S. household
31K
median U.S. income
0.062%
U.S. credit card volume
0.012%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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When his father celebrated his 90th birthday in 2021, Blasé rebuilt the founding garage of 1964 with all original parts.
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