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Leadership and People

Entrepreneurs with several companies

People who manage several companies at once, together with every company in which they hold a role.

The occasion

Many companies are led by the same person: as founder of a group, as shareholder of several special purpose vehicles, as owner of a holding company with its subsidiaries. A single conversation here opens access to several businesses.

Who works with this list

  • Sales teams of major suppliers and service providers
  • Corporate and private banks
  • Wealth managers and family offices
  • Group and corporate law firms

What each row contains

Surname First name Year of birth Place of residence Companies in total Of which in management Companies Distance of residence (km)

The report on this theme

Who runs Germany's companies. How the management and representation of German companies is composed, how many people run several businesses at once and how far they live from their company.

Further themes in this field.

Executives by industry, age and place of residence Managing directors and holders of registered power of attorney in an industry, refined by age and place of residence. 607,337 people Potential successors from the second tier of management Holders of registered power of attorney at the age of greatest entrepreneurial maturity, from the same industry as the companies seeking a successor. 125,554 people Entrepreneurs with their own holding company People who run their own holding company alongside an operating company. 85,427 people Management resident abroad People in the management of German companies whose place of residence is abroad, arranged by country. 60,737 people Companies after the change of generation Companies with a history of several decades whose management has already passed entirely into the hands of a young generation. 10,506 companies Shareholder managing directors in mid career Smaller companies managed by a single person who is at the stage of life in which retirement provision is built up systematically. 353,592 companies IT specialists with their own company Companies for IT consulting and software development behind which stands a single specialist working on a project basis. 33,412 companies