Horst Wortmann & family
$1.38B
as of 07/05/24
About Horst Wortmann & family
Horst Wortmann, Germany's shoe billionaire, established Wortmann KG in 1967, in the city of Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Considered the European market leader in women's fashionable shoes, its brands include Tamaris, Marco Tozzi, Caprice, Jana and s.Oliver.
Nephew Jens Beining developed "Agenda 2020" to prepare the company for future challenges, with special focus on online retail.
Heir apparent Beining, who assumed operational management control in 2016, owns 10% of the company.
The company, operating under the umbrella of Wortmann Schuh-Holding KG, has about 1,100 direct employees and an overall workforce of 30,000.
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Citizenship
GermanySource of wealth
FootwearResidence
Detmold, GermanyMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/08/41 (age 83)Self-made
self-madeHorst Wortmann & family’s fortune is worth
23K
troy ounces of gold
21K
median U.S. household
14K
median U.S. income
0.028%
U.S. credit card volume
0.006%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Wortmann runs a real estate business on the side.
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