About Guenther Fielmann & family
Guenther Fielmann is the founder of eyeglasses giant Fielmann AG; his family controls almost 72% of its shares.
He opened his first optometry shop in Cuxhaven, Germany, in 1972, and took the company public in 1994. It now has almost 900 outlets around the world.
The company, which sells roughly half of all prescription eyeglasses in Germany, also has outlets in France, Italy and Poland, among other countries.
In 2016, son Marc, who studied at the London School of Economics, joined the company's management board. In 2018, he became co-CEO.
In 2019, Guenther stepped back from the daily business entirely, making Marc sole CEO.
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GermanySource of wealth
OptometryBirth date
09/17/39Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeGuenther Fielmann & family’s fortune is worth
71K
troy ounces of gold
65K
median U.S. household
42K
median U.S. income
0.085%
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0.017%
GDP of the United States
0.012%
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A committed environmentalist, Fielmann owns two organic farms, plants a tree for every employee each year and financially supports long-term research in ecofarming.
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