Anne Werninghaus

Anne Marie Werninghaus is a major individual shareholder of WEG, the largest manufacturer of electrical motors in Latin America.

The company was cofounded by her grandfather Geraldo Werninghaus along with late billionaires Eggon Joao da Silva and Werner Ricardo Voigt.

A publicly-traded multinational with factories in over ten countries, WEG had revenues of US$6 billion in 2022.

Anne doesn't work at the company or hold a board seat; she is the founder of VestesBr, a short-lived B2B fashion marketplace launched in 2011.

Anne is married and currently lives quietly in Joinville, a Brazilian city where Germans once settled, not far from WEG's headquarters.