| World ranking | Name | Citizenship | Net worth | Sources of wealth |
| 21 | Georg Schaeffler | | 26.9 billion | Schaeffler Group |
| 37 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. | | 21.3 billion | Aldi Süd |
| 46 | Dieter Schwarz | | 19.4 billion | Schwarz Gruppe |
| 49 | Theo Albrecht Jr. | | 19 billion | Aldi Nord and Trader Joe's |
| 50 | Michael Otto | | 18.1 billion | Otto Group |
| 54 | Susanne Klatten | | 16.8 billion | BMW, Altana, Nordex, SGL Carbon |
| 59 | Stefan Quandt | | 15.6 billion | BMW |
| 77 | Johanna Quandt | | 13.9 billion | BMW |
| 103 | Klaus-Michael Kühne | | 11.9 billion | Kuehne + Nagel |
| 137 | Hasso Plattner | | 9.1 billion | SAP |
| 153 | Klaus Tschira | | 8.6 billion | SAP |
| 172 | August von Finck Jr. | | 7.7 billion | Merck Finck & Co., Allianz, Hochtief, Löwenbräu, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts |
| 185 | Dietmar Hopp | | 7.2 billion | SAP |
| 201 | Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler | | 6.7 billion | Schaeffler Group |
| 201 | Reinhold Wuerth | | 6.7 billion | Würth Group |
| 220 | Heinz Hermann Thiele | | 6.4 billion | Knorr-Bremse |
| 230 | Curt Engelhorn | | 6.2 billion | Boehringer Mannheim |
| 309 | Karl-Heinz Kipp | | 5.0 billion | Real |
| 352 | Heinrich Deichmann | | 4.6 billion | Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe |
| 352 | Ludwig Merckle | | 4.5 billion | Phoenix Pharmahandel, Ratiopharm, HeidelbergCement, Kässbohrer |
| 360 | Michael Herz | | 4.5 billion | Tchibo, Beiersdorf |
| 360 | Wolfgang Herz | | 4.5 billion | Tchibo, Beiersdorf |
| 369 | Guenther Fielmann | | 4.4 billion | Fielmann |
| 393 | Aloys Wobben | | 4.2 billion | Enercon |
| 418 | Wolfgang Reimann | | 4.0 billion | JAB Holding Company, Reckitt Benckiser |
| 418 | Matthias Reimann-Andersen | | 4.0 billion | JAB Holding Company, Reckitt Benckiser |
| 418 | Stefan Reimann-Andersen | | 4.0 billion | JAB Holding Company, Reckitt Benckiser |
| 418 | Renate Reimann-Haas | | 4.0 billion | JAB Holding Company, Reckitt Benckiser |
| 418 | Friede Springer | | 4.0 billion | Axel Springer AG |
| 435 | Ralph Dommermuth | | 3.9 billion | United Internet |
| 435 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim | | 3.9 billion | Sun Microsystems, Arista Networks |
| 462 | Traudl Engelhorn | | 3.7 billion | Boehringer Mannheim, Corange |
| 462 | Ursula Engelhorn | | 3.7 billion | Boehringer Mannheim, Corange |
| 462 | Theo Müller | | 3.7 billion | Müllermilch, Nordsee, Mueller Quaker Dairy |
| 481 | Elizabeth Mohn | | 3.6 billion | Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann Foundation |
| 497 | Martin Viessmann | | 3.5 billion | Viessmann Group |
| 512 | Christa Gelpke | | 3.4 billion | Boehringer Mannheim, Corange |
| 512 | Erich Kellerhals | | 3.4 billion | Media-Saturn-Holding |
| 533 | Heinz-Georg Baus | | 3.4 billion | Bauhaus, Praktiker |
| 534 | Axel Oberwelland | | 3.3 billion | August Storck, Werther's Original |
| 535 | Patrick von Faber-Castell & Caroline Gotzens | | 3.0 billion | Faber-Castell, Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie., Infront Sports Media |