Obituary of businesswoman – Johanna Quandt made BMW World Group – Central German newspaper

Bad Homburg .

Stay is the image of the white-haired woman who is flanked by her daughter Susanne Klatten and her son Stefan Quandt. So the trio staged always the rare public appearances. Especially Johanna Quandt gave throughout his life extremely taciturn. She was always noted that it was the spotlight unpleasant. The statements for the press, radio and television takes usually the son, and even then only when it is absolutely necessary. In one of the very few captured in moving pictures interviews Johanna Quandt says about their actions: “Of course a lot of responsibility behind it, there is a lot of work.” That was such a thing as their credo. In Prussia and dutiful way they have fulfilled their tasks, the son told his mother during his 80th birthday. On Monday Johanna Quandt died at the age of 89 years in their villa in Bad Homburg. There they spent withdrawn the last years of her life

. Too rich for an average life

In the interview she says Also: “We live completely

normal, like many other families as well.” However, the statement was more desire and will as a reality. For the Quandt there can not be the normality of the average citizen. But they are too rich. The family is considered the wealthiest in Germany. The total assets is likely to be at least 31 billion euros. Johanna Quandt recounted the list of the US magazine Forbes among the ten richest women in the world. In Germany she was in second place – behind her daughter. Around eleven billion Euro were attributed Johanna Quandt – their assets will now remain in the family.

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