Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten was born Susanne Quandt on 28 April 1962 in Bad Homburg in Germany. She is the daughter of Herbert Quandt and Johanna Quandt and as a result the richest woman in Germany. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Herbert Werner Quandt (June 22, 1910- June 2, 1982), was a German industrialist who saved BMW when it was on the point of bankruptcy and made another fortune in the process. ... Widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who resurrected BMW AG from bankruptcy. ...

Susanne Klatten gained a degree in business finance and then did a course in marketing and management at the University of Buckingham, followed by an MBA in Lausanne specialising in advertising. Her first practical business experience was in London with Dresdner Bank, then with the Munich branch of management consultants McKinsey and with the bank Reuschel & Co. She often worked incognito under the name Susanne Kant. The University of Buckingham is the UKs first and only independent university. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Lausanne (pronounced ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura mountains to its north. ... The 1978 Silver Tower houses part of the head office of the Dresdner bank. ... Coordinates: Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country: Germany State: Bavaria Administrative region: Upper Bavaria District: Urban district City subdivisions: 25 borroughs Lord Mayor: Christian Ude (SPD) Governing parties: SPD / Greens / Rosa Liste Basic Statistics Area: 310. ... McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm. ...

On her father's death she inherited his 50.1% stake in pharmaceutical manufacturer Altana. She sits on Altana's supervisory board and has helped transform it into a world-class corporation in the German DAX list of 30 top companies. Altana AG (NYSE: AAA) is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. ... DAX chart in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange DAX (abbreviation of Deutscher Aktienindex (German Stock Index )) is a Blue Chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. ...

Her father also left her a 12.5% stake in BMW. She was appointed to the supervisory board of BMW with her brother Stefan Quandt in 1997. BMW AG (an initialism for Bayerische Motoren-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works; ISIN: DE0005190003), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Stefan Quandt (born 1966 in Bad Homburg) is a shareholder of BMW (ca. ...

Susanne met Jan Klatten while she was calling herself Kant and did not tell him who she was until they were sure about each other. They married in 1990 in Kitzbühel. They have three children. She also plays golf and skis in Austria. The family lives in Munich in seclusion. This is understandable because the police only prevented her kidnapping in 1978 at the last minute. Kitzbühel is a medieval city in Tyrol, Austria, situated along the river Kitzbühler Ache. ... Coordinates: Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country: Germany State: Bavaria Administrative region: Upper Bavaria District: Urban district City subdivisions: 25 borroughs Lord Mayor: Christian Ude (SPD) Governing parties: SPD / Greens / Rosa Liste Basic Statistics Area: 310. ...

See also

• List of billionaires

Forbes magazine annually lists the worlds wealthiest individuals: The Worlds Billionaries. ...

External links

• Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
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