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With four former colleagues from IBM, Hopp co-founded the giant German software company SAP. In 1995 he donated 70% of his SAP holdings to fund the nonprofit Dietmar Hopp Foundation which is now one of Germany's and Europe's largest private foundations. Its focus is regional, in keeping with Hopp's desire to return a share of his wealth to the Rhein-Neckar area where he grew up, supporting youth sports, cancer research and healing diseases in children in particular. To date, the foundation has disbursed more than $380 million. Hopp has an estimated net worth of $9.07 billion as of May 2019.
Owns a luxury golf resort, Le Domaine de Terre Blanche, near Cannes, and a 5-star spa in Germany, Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe. Avid sportsman, Hopp sponsors an ice hockey club in Mannheim, a golf club near Walldorf and a soccer stadium in his hometown of Hoffenheim.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2019 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donations of Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, a charitable organization that supports local education, sports and health causes in Germany |
$1,250,000,000 |
|
2019 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Lifetime donations of Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, a charitable organization that supports local education, sports and health causes in Germany |
$1,000,000,000 |
|
2019 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation of Dietmar Hopp Stiftung in support of sports, medicine, education and social programs |
$470,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Asset |
Investment of Dietmar Hopp in his village soccer team |
$300,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Dietmar Hopp's majority stake in his hometown club Hoffenheim, becoming the first private owner of a Bundesliga club |
$395,000,000 |
|
2009 |
Asset |
Money spent for the building of the multi-purpose stadium in called Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
$114,390,000 |
|
2007 |
Asset |
Investment of Dietmar Hopp in 15 companies that includes biotechnology |
$425,000,000 |
|
2006 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation of 70% of Dietmar Hopp's wealth to a charitable foundation, Dietmar-Hopp-Stiftung, creating one of the largest foundations in Europe that supports sports, medicine, education and social programs |
$4,580,000,000 |