Peter-Alexander Wacker
$1.04B
as of 10/04/24
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
GermanySource of wealth
ChemicalsResidence
Starnberg, GermanyBirth date
10/02/51 (age 73)Self-made
inherited and growingPeter-Alexander Wacker’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
16K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.021%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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Did you know?
He collects elephant figures from around the world, as elephants symbolize strength to him. His holding company is named Blue Elephant.
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