Klaus-Michael Kuehne
$41.68B
as of 07/12/26
About Klaus-Michael Kuehne
Logistics magnate Klaus-Michael Kuehne is honorary chairman of Kuehne + Nagel International AG, based in Schindellegi, Switzerland.
He joined the company, cofounded by his grandfather, in 1958, eventually taking over as CEO in 1966.
In 2016, his Kuehne Holding AG acquired 20% of VTG, a rail logistics company. Two years later, it sold the stake to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure.
He owns roughly 30% of shipping and logistics company Hapag-Lloyd, a holding he has steadily increased in recent years.
Throughout the course of 2022, he acquired a 17.5% in Lufthansa, the German airline carrier, and became its largest single investor.
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GermanySource of wealth
ShippingResidence
Schindellegi, SwitzerlandMarital status
MarriedBirth date
06/02/37 (age 89)Self-made
inherited and growingKlaus-Michael Kuehne’s fortune is worth
695K
troy ounces of gold
641K
median U.S. household
417K
median U.S. income
0.834%
U.S. credit card volume
0.167%
GDP of the United States
0.123%
United States debt
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He transformed the 600-year old Castell Son Claret on Mallorca into a luxury hotel, and built another hotel, The Fontenay, in Hamburg.
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XETRA | BNR-DE
Brenntag AGXETRA | LHA-DE
Deutsche LufthansaXETRA | HLAG-DE
Hapag LloydSIX SWISS | KNIN-CH
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