Horst Wortmann & family

Horst Wortmann, Germany's shoe billionaire, established Wortmann KG in 1967, in the city of Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Considered the European market leader in women's fashionable shoes, its brands include Tamaris, Marco Tozzi, Caprice, Jana and s.Oliver.

Nephew Jens Beining developed "Agenda 2020" to prepare the company for future challenges, with special focus on online retail.

Heir apparent Beining, who assumed operational management control in 2016, owns 10% of the company.

The company, operating under the umbrella of Wortmann Schuh-Holding KG, has about 1,100 direct employees and an overall workforce of 30,000.