Friede Springer
$3.03B
as of 10/04/24
About Friede Springer
Friede Springer inherited a stake in media giant Axel Springer Verlag from her husband, Axel, following his death in 1985.
Hired as the nanny of his two sons, Springer eventually married Axel, who trained her to take over the business.
Among the largest publishing houses in Europe, Axel Springer is active in over 40 countries. Its newspapers include Bild and Die Welt.
The company acquired TV news station N24 (since rebranded as Welt) and the New York-based digital news outlet Business Insider (now renamed Insider) in 2015.
Axel Springer went public in 1985. In 2020, it went private again in a KKR-funded buyout.
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Citizenship
GermanySource of wealth
PublishingResidence
Berlin, GermanyMarital status
WidowedBirth date
08/15/42 (age 82)Self-made
inherited and growingFriede Springer’s fortune is worth
50K
troy ounces of gold
47K
median U.S. household
30K
median U.S. income
0.061%
U.S. credit card volume
0.012%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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After the delisting and the gift and sale to Doepfner, she now holds 22.5% of the company.
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