Reinhold Wuerth & family

$26.99B
$588.9M (-2.1%)
as of 03/13/26

About Reinhold Wuerth & family

Reinhold Wuerth is honorary chairman of the supervisory board of the Wuerth Group, a German hardware manufacturer founded by his father.

Wuerth joined the family's wholesale screw business in 1949, at age 14, as the company's second employee and first apprentice.

Today, with annual sales of over $23 billion, the Wuerth Group has more than 400 companies and 87,000 employees around the world.

Reinhold retired in 1994, but he still serves as chairman of the supervisory board of the Wuerth Group's family trusts.

Nephew Sebastian Wuerth is chairman of the advisory board of Wuerth Group.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Germany

Source of wealth

Fasteners

Residence

Kuenzelsau

Marital status

Married

Birth date

04/20/35 (age 90)

Number of children

3

Self-made

self-made

Reinhold Wuerth & family’s fortune is worth

450K

troy ounces of gold

415K

median U.S. household

270K

median U.S. income

0.54%

U.S. credit card volume

0.108%

GDP of the United States

0.079%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Did you know?

Wuerth's vast art collection, consisting of more than 20,000 pieces, began with an Emil Nolde watercolor painting acquired in 1964.

Net worth over time

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