Susanne Klatten

Susanne Klatten
The richest woman in Germany, and number 45 on the billionaires list, Sussanne Klatten owes her fortune to the stake she inherited in automaker BMW from her father, Herbert Quandt. Susanne, her mother Johanna Quandt and her brother Stefan Quandt together own 50% of BMW and all three of them are billionaires. Susanne fortune is estimated at around $17.5 billion.

Susanne Klatten has proven to be a real business woman and economist. Apart from BMW, she also controls chemical manufacturer Altana, and holds stakes in a few other companies, such as carbon and graphite producer SGL, soil additive company Geohumus, oil recycling company Avista Oil of Germany and many more.
Susanne married Jan Klatten in 1990, and they have three children. They live in Munich. She is one of the biggest donors of the Christian Democratic Union, a center-right political party in Germany. Also, in 2007, she was awarded Bayerischer Verdienstorden, the Bavarian Order of Merit.
An interesting fact about Susanne: when she realized that her wealth is sometimes a problem, she started working incognito often as Susanne Kant.