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Johanna Maria Quandt (; 21 June 1926 – 3 August 2015) was a German billionaire businesswoman and the widow of Herbert Quandt, an industrialist and prominent Nazism. When she died in 2015 she was the 8th richest person in Germany (and the richest German woman), the 77th richest person in the world, and the 11th richest woman worldwide according to Forbes.
A programme by the German public broadcaster, ARD, in October 2007 described in detail the role of the Quandt family businesses during the Second World War. As a result, four family members announced, on behalf of the entire Quandt family, their intention to fund a research project in which a historian will examine the family's activities during Hitler's dictatorship. Description of the 2007 ARD programme, Der Spiegel; accessed 7 August 2015.
As of August 2014, the Quandt family is estimated to be worth $46.3 billion. The World's Billionaires: Germany. forbes.com, retrieved 5 August 2015 Johanna Quandt died at the age of 89 in her home in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt am Main. Johanna Quandt, Billionaire Matriarch of BMW Clan, Dies at 89. forbes.com, retrieved 5 August 2015
She created the foundation Johanna Quandt Stiftung, to provide training for aspiring business journalists. The foundation also provides prizes for outstanding business journalism. In 2009 she was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit.
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