Dietmar Hopp & family
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Dietmar Hopp & family

Germany 86 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Software
Industry
Technology
Residence
Walldorf
Education
University of Karlsruhe (Master of Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • AC Immune SA
    16,316,000 shares @ -
    -
    ACIU-US
  • BioNTech Sponsored ADR
    4,498,000 shares @ -
    -
    BNTX-US
  • Heidelberg Pharma
    20,585,000 shares @ -
    -
    HPHA-DE
  • Immatics
    17,202,000 shares @ -
    -
    IMTX-US
  • SAP AG
    3,404,000 shares @ -
    -
    SAP-DE

Biography

Dietmar Hopp left IBM with four colleagues in 1972 to launch German enterprise software company SAP (Systems, Applications, Products).

He served as co-CEO from 1988, the year SAP went public, to 1998 and then as chairman of the supervisory board until 2003.

In 1996, he transferred most of his SAP shares to a charitable foundation.

That entity, Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, supports sports, medicine, education and social programs, and has distributed around $1 billion since its start.

Hopp and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are investors in CureVac, a German developer of vaccines for a range of diseases including Covid-19.

About

Hopp is the main financial backer of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, a soccer club that plays in the First Bundesliga, the top division of Germany's league system.

The Hopp family owns Domaine de Terre Blanche, a luxury golf resort and residential community in Provence, France, purchased from the actor Sean Connery.