Karl-Heinz Kipp

Karl- Heinz Kipp ( born February 12, 1924 in Alzey ) is a German -Swiss billionaire and former owner of the Massa- markets. He takes rank 37 a on the Manager magazine 's list of richest people in Germany (2006), with an estimated 2.9 billion euros. On the Forbes list of the richest people (2010 ), he ranks with an estimated 5.1 billion U.S. dollars to place 237

Resident he is in Arosa, Ascona, Switzerland, where he ever has with the Tschuggen Grand Hotel or the Hotel Eden Roc, a five-star hotel. Other known investments are some office towers in Manhattan and another three hotels in Arosa, Ascona and St. Moritz, including the Carlton Hotel. Kipp is also Chairman of the Tschuggen Hotel Group AG, headquartered in Arosa.

Karl- Heinz Kipp is the maternal grandfather of the British- Swiss dressage rider Laura Bechtolsheimer. As these have he and his wife Hannelore, the Arosa civil rights.

Curriculum vitae

Childhood and youth in Alzey.
Training as a shipping clerk.
Entry into his father's potato country and Products Trading in Alzey.
1948 purchase of the dormant company register trade dress Alfred Massa, based in Trier, for 500 bottles of wine.
Tilt creates the foundation of his fortune by selling costumes, underwear and apron dresses to the rural population of the region around Alzey.
In 1965 tipping the first consumer market under the name Massa Market in Alzey.
1980 Acquisition of the Tschuggen Grand Hotel in Arosa.
1984 purchase of the Sport Hotel Engel in Arosa.
1986 The Massa- markets go public.
1987 Kipp separates from his last shares in the Massa- markets, the rise later in the metro.
Kipp moved to Switzerland, where he acquired Swiss citizenship and henceforth mainly cares for its hotels and other real estate. Overall he invested by 2014 more than 300 million Swiss francs in the renovation and expansion of the hotel buildings.
1989 purchase of the Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona.
2006 Georg Scheu Medal of the city of Alzey, he was awarded for his services to the region and the wine.

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