6Wolfgang Leitner –$1.6 Billion
Wolfgang Leitner is the largest single shareholder and President and Chief Executive Officer of Andritz AG.
Andritz AG is a manufacturer of processing machinery with a strong position in the pulp and paper market.
He is a chemistry graduated that started in 1953 a pharmaceutical company. His father was working at Andritz as a machine fitter for 30 years.
Wolfgang also started working there as a management consultant in 1983.
He became President and Chief Executive Officer of Andritz AG on June 29, 1994.
At this moment his net worth is estimated at $1.6 Billion.
