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Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index

⬅ # 1463 Anita Zucker|# 1465 Julia Oetker ➡

# 1464 Carl Ferdinand Oetker 

$2.25B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024
$41 (0.00%)

# 1464 Carl Ferdinand Oetker 

$2.25B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024
$41 (0.00%)
OccupationCo-owner and Co-CEO, Geschwister Oetker
Source of WealthConsumer Goods
Age51
ResidenceBielefeld, Germany
Age-Adjusted Net Worth$4.13B
Carl Ferdinand Oetker
Carl Ferdinand Oetker
Germany
Net worth: $2.25B

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Biography

Overview

Carl Ferdinand Oetker is a co-owner and co-CEO of Geschwister Oetker, a German holding company.
He became wealthy through his family's business, which began in 1891 with Dr. August Oetker's non-perishable baking powder.
The Oetker family business split in 2021, forming Geschwister Oetker, which Carl co-owns with his siblings.
He oversees a conglomerate with diverse interests, including wine, spirits, chemicals, and hotels.

Early Life and Education

Carl Ferdinand Oetker was born into the prominent Oetker family in Germany.
He studied economics and international relations at Brown University in the United States.

Career

Carl Ferdinand started his professional career at Boston Consulting Group.
He later joined the family business, contributing to its strategic and operational management.

Geschwister Oetker

Geschwister Oetker was established in November 2021 following the division of the Oetker family's business empire.
Carl Ferdinand Oetker serves as co-CEO alongside his brother Alfred, with their sister Julia as the third owner.
The company includes 150 businesses across five sectors: wine and spirits, food, specialty chemicals, hotel management, and various other interests.

Business Interests

The wine and spirits division is led by Henkell Freixenet, known for brands like Henkell Trocken and Freixenet.
The food division is represented by the Martin Braun Group.
The specialty chemicals sector is headed by Chemische Fabrik Budenheim.
The hotel management division includes high-end properties like Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa and Le Bristol Paris.
Additional interests include Columbus Properties Inc., Atlantic Fortfaitierungs AG, and Belvini.de GmbH.

Leadership

Carl Ferdinand is part of a seven-member management team responsible for the group's strategy and direction.
The management team includes CEOs from the group's major divisions and CFO Harald Schaub.
His sister Julia also plays a role in the strategic direction of the company.

How long would it take you to become as rich as Carl Ferdinand Oetker?

If you started with $10,000 and invested an additional $500 each month at a 44.11% CAGR, it would take you 5 years to reach Carl Ferdinand Oetker's net worth of $2.25B.

Is this realistic? It depends how closely the VIX-TA-Macro Advanced model performs to its history in the future. Since Grizzly Bulls launched on January 1, 2022, it's returned 52.22% compared to 16.62% for the S&P 500 benchmark.

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Carl Ferdinand Oetker is very wealthy, but what's stopping you from reaching that same level of success? As summarized in our five fundamental rules to wealth building, becoming wealthy in a modern capitalist economy is not complicated. There's actually only three variables:

  1. Your starting capital
  2. Your earnings after expenses
  3. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of your savings

Most people start with zero or very little, so if you weren't born into wealth, don't fret! The majority of the fortunate folks listed in our Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index came from middle class or lower backgrounds. The most distinguishing characteristic of the group is their ability to consistently earn a high CAGR on their savings.

Every billionaire has a unique strategy to achieve high CAGR. For Carl Ferdinand Oetker, Consumer Goods is the primary source. Whether you choose to invest your savings in your own businesses or the businesses of others is not as important. The salient piece of the puzzle is ensuring that your hard-earned savings are generating sufficient CAGR to reach your long term goals.

Most people simply invest their money in index funds and call it a day. There's nothing wrong with this approach, but it guarantees relative mediocrity. To achieve greatness, you need to invest your money to earn higher than average returns. In the long run, better investors will always finish ahead of better earners.

Source: Grizzly Bulls reporting

Methodology: Grizzly Bulls' Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's billionaires and richest people. Grizzly Bulls strives to provide the most accurate net worth calculations available. We pull data from public equity markets, SEC filings, public real estate records, and other reputable sources.

The index is dynamic and updates daily at the close of U.S. stock market trading based on changes in the markets, economy, and updates to Grizzly Bulls' proprietary algorithm of personal wealth calculation. Stakes in public companies are tracked daily based on the relevant closing prices of the underlying securities. Additionally, stakes in private companies, cash, real estate, and other less easily valued assets are updated periodically through careful analysis of insider transactions, comparable public company sales / EBITDA multiples, etc.

Edited by: Lee Bailey