Peter-Alexander Wacker

$992.87M

as of 03/19/25

About Peter-Alexander Wacker

Peter-Alexander Wacker owns around 10% of chemical company Wacker Chemie AG, founded by his great-grandfather Alexander Wacker in 1914.

He worked for BMW for ten years before joining Wacker Chemie in 1993 as a member of the board, when it was still a privately owned company.

When Wacker went public in November 2005, Peter-Alexander became CEO. In 2008, he stepped down and became chairman of the supervisory board.

Wacker Chemie has an annual revenue of more than $6 billion and sells its products in over 100 countries.

In 2016, the company began producing polysilicon (used for solar cells and semiconductors) at a new facility in Bradley County, Tennessee.

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Citizenship

Germany

Source of wealth

Chemicals

Residence

Starnberg, Germany

Birth date

10/02/51 (age 73)

Self-made

inherited and growing