Sebastian Glaser
$2.85B
as of 04/28/25
About Sebastian Glaser
Sebastian Glaser is the majority shareholder of Sick AG, a world leader in sensor technology.
His grandfather Erwin Sick, an optical engineer, founded the firm in 1946, using earnings from selling radios he made himself to support his family.
After the death of Erwin in 1988, his wife Gisela became the company's primary shareholder and installed external managers.
Active globally with more than 50 subsidiaries, Sick AG now employs around 10,000 people and has annual sales exceeding $2 billion.
Used in factory, logistics and process automation, its technologies are used to measure, locate, inspect and identify.
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GermanySource of wealth
Sensor technologyResidence
Munich, GermanySelf-made
inherited and growingSebastian Glaser’s fortune is worth
47K
troy ounces of gold
44K
median U.S. household
28K
median U.S. income
0.057%
U.S. credit card volume
0.011%
GDP of the United States
0.008%
United States debt
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Did you know?
After World War II, the American military in Munich granted Erwin Sick a license to set up own engineering firm, which became Sick AG.
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