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Maren Otto

Germany 84 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Retail, real estate
Industry
Diversified
Residence
Berlin
Marital Status
Widowed

Assets

  • Deutsche Euroshop
    4,999,000 shares @ -
    -
    DEQ-DE
  • Paramount Group
    7,139,000 shares @ -
    -
    PGRE-US

Biography

Maren Otto is the third wife of the late Werner Otto, who began a retail empire by founding a mail-order business in Hamburg in 1949.

She inherited a stake in the family's Otto Group and its more than 40 companies in retail (Crate and Barrel), real estate and financial services.

She's also a shareholder of ECE, the family's commercial real estate company focused on shopping centers. Her son Alexander is CEO.

With Alexander and her daughter, Katharina, she shares a 14% stake in Paramount Group, which owns and manages office properties in the U.S.

Katharina, Alexander and her stepson, Michael, are also billionaires.

About

Her daughter, Katharina Otto-Bernstein, writes and produces art movies in the U.S.

Stepson Michael Otto ran Otto Group for 26 years until 2007. He is now chairman of its supervisory board.