Harald Tschira inherited SAP-linked wealth from his father Klaus Tschira, one of the software company’s co-founders, and later participated in family investment-company governance. [1][2][3]
The fortune originated with SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira
Klaus Tschira helped establish SAP in 1972, decades before his son Harald became a reporting person in family wealth structures. The underlying SAP ownership therefore originated in the father’s founding career, not in a company established by Harald. [1]
An SEC filing from 2015 specifically describes Harald and Udo Tschira as the heirs of the late Klaus Tschira. Their inheritance includes interests managed through family entities, making the family transfer the primary documented source of billionaire-scale wealth. [2]
The SAP estate disclosure identifies substantial blocks held across the estate, the Klaus Tschira foundation and a family investment partnership. Those reported positions must not be conflated with shares personally and freely owned by either son. [3]
Inherited capital and subsequent oversight
A separate Affimed ownership filing identifies Harald and Udo as the sole directors and owners of AGUTH Holding, connecting them to oversight of a family investment structure after their father died. This is evidence of stewardship, not proof they created its initial capital. [1]
The available record supports a predominantly inherited fortune even where descendants oversee investments and charitable or operating entities. It does not provide evidence that Harald independently built a comparable personal fortune before receiving the family assets. [2]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Oct 20, 2026.
- SAP SE Schedule 13G, May 2015 · U.S. SEC · May 4, 2015
- Affimed Schedule 13D amendment identifying the Tschira heirs · U.S. SEC · May 27, 2015
- Affimed Schedule 13D ownership update · U.S. SEC · Oct 1, 2015
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