Wolfgang Leitner

$2.5B
$3.9M (-0.2%)
as of 11/07/24

About Wolfgang Leitner

Wolfgang Leitner heads listed Austrian plant and equipment manufacturer Andritz; he said in July 2021 that he would step down as CEO become chairman of the board.

A chemist by training, Leitner joined Andritz in 1987, became CEO in 1994 and took a 26% stake in the company in 1999.

He eventually turned Andritz into one of Austria's largest companies.

In 2018, Andritz completed the biggest acquisition in its history, buying North Carolina based Xerium Technologies for $833 million.

Leitner's initial wealth stems from the sale of Pharmavit, part of pharmaceutical outfit Genericon he founded, for $110 million in 1995.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Austria

Source of wealth

Engineering

Residence

Graz, Austria

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/27/53 (age 71)

Number of children

2

Self-made

self-made

Wolfgang Leitner’s fortune is worth

42K

troy ounces of gold

38K

median U.S. household

25K

median U.S. income

0.05%

U.S. credit card volume

0.01%

GDP of the United States

0.007%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Did you know?

Leitner comes from a modest background - his father also worked for Andritz, serving the company for three decades as a metal worker.

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Financial assets

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