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Hundreds of billions of people make complaints about BMW's successor.

Hundreds of billions of people make complaints about BMW's successor.

4hw.com.cn: in Germany, a pair of siblings inherited huge wealth from their father. At present, her sister is worth US $19.7 billion, the richest woman in Germany, and her brother is worth US $16.5 billion. She is also one of the top ten richest men in Germany.

The life of the 'rich second generation' is not what people think: yachts, villas and luxury cars. On the contrary, they have recently complained bitterly in the face of the media: life is not easy, the burden is heavy, and they are jealous.

These two "openly hate" rich people are not ordinary people, but the heirs of BMW Group.

Heirs of BMW Group: life is not easy

Recently, Suzanne & middot, successor of BMW Group; Kraton and Steffen & middot; The brother and sister of kovant were rarely interviewed by the German media manager magazine. In the interview, they complained that although they inherited great wealth, their life is not easy, they also suffer from jealousy and need to work hard.

Sister Susanna said: 'many people think we will always sit on the yacht in the Mediterranean, but as the guardian of wealth, life also has a bad side.'

"For both of us, it is certainly not money that drives us forward, but ensuring the employment of the country, which is more important than anything," Stefan said

Although she inherited great wealth when she was young, Suzanne also reflected on this phenomenon. Suzanne says jealousy of the rich is common in Germany. A fair society should allow people to pursue opportunities according to their abilities, 'the driving force of our hard work every day is to play the role of heir to wealth'.

The interview between the two rich people caused great repercussions in Germany. Global network quoted the German daily as saying that the general public in Germany is not jealous of the rich's property. The key is that the rich should pay taxes according to law. Many German netizens believe that they are 'not happy in happiness' and are willing to' exchange life 'with them.

Wealth inheritance of 'BMW family'

Suzanne and Steffen are Herbert & middot, the second generation leaders of BMW; Children of covante and his third wife Joanna. Since the 1950s, in Herbert & middot; Under the management of Covent, BMW came back from the brink of bankruptcy,

At that time, BMW was about to sell to Daimler Benz, but Herbert changed his mind at the last minute. He not only didn't sell, but also paid out of his own pocket and increased his shareholding in BMW to 50%.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Joanna, BMW developed into a luxury car brand.

After Herbert's death in 1982, his third wife Joanna inherited 16.7% of the shares of BMW, and his son Stefan and daughter Suzanne held 17.4% and 12.6% respectively. After Joanna died in 2015, her BMW shares were also distributed to her children.

Since 1997, sister and brother have joined the supervisory board of BMW Group. Stefan was only 30 years old at that time and is currently the vice chairman of the supervisory board. For his early high position, Stefan said in this interview that he won a seat on the board of supervisors at the age of 30, but he preferred to be a product manager for a few years or study architecture.

Although they are only members of the board of supervisors, as major shareholders, they have a strong voice in the group. According to the 2018 financial report of BMW Group, at present, the proportion of BMW collective shares directly and indirectly held by Suzanne and Stefan is 25.8% and 20.9% respectively.

In addition to the shares of BMW Group, Suzanne and Steffen also control other companies, many of which are BMW suppliers. In addition, Suzanne also has ALTANA group, a chemical and pharmaceutical enterprise, nordex, a wind energy equipment enterprise, and Sigri group, an international carbon giant.

With its huge stake in BMW Group, the Covent family has become the largest automobile family in the world. According to the 2014 Hurun auto family global rich list, Suzanne, Stefan and their mother's wealth totaled nearly 250 billion yuan.

According to Forbes website data, Suzanne's net personal wealth reached US $19.7 billion (about 135.5 billion yuan), making her the richest woman in Germany. Stefan's personal wealth was US $16.5 billion (about 113.5 billion yuan).

The style is low-key and in power behind the scenes

Susanna and Stefan inherited not only wealth, but also the low-key style of the 'BMW family'. Public information shows that Suzanne rarely attends large-scale social parties, has no luxury life, and rarely accepts media interviews.

It was not until she was 16 that the police cracked an attempt to kidnap her and her mother that she became the focus of the German media. When she first interned at BMW, she used an alias. But in 2007, Suzanne was also involved in a case of extortion.

Although Susanna is always behind the scenes, she will never relax her management of the company. According to the first financial report, when BMW made a wrong decision and bought Rover motor company, causing serious losses, she insisted on selling rover at the board of directors and strongly advocated that the senior manager in charge of this matter be fired. Similarly, when milupa, a subsidiary of ALTANA pharmaceutical company, made no profit, ALTANA pharmaceutical company resolutely sold the company under her promotion. Observers believe that such a decisive decision to have housing and insurance is an important reason for the two companies to form such a good business situation.