Karin Sartorius-Herbst

$2.09B

$35.7M (-1.7%)

as of 04/17/25

About Karin Sartorius-Herbst

Karin Sartorius-Herbst inherited a stake in Sartorius AG, which makes pharmaceutical an laboratory equipment.

Her great-grandfather Florenz Sartorius founded what become Sartorius AG in 1870 to make analytical balances to measure small mass in laboratories.

Her father, Horst Sartorius, died in 1998 and left a 50% stake to his daughters Karin, Christine Franken and Ulrike Baro.

An executor oversees their inheritance until 2028.

Today, the company has more than 15,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $5 billion. It went public in 1990.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Germany

Source of wealth

Biopharmaceuticals

Residence

Northeim, Germany

Self-made

inherited