Christoph Henkel


Christoph Henkel is a London-based German billionaire businessman.

Early life

Christoph Henkel was born on 11 February 1958 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Henkel's grandfather, Friedrich Karl Henkel, founded Henkel, a cleaning products company, in 1876. His father, Konrad Henkel, took over the company and turned it into a global corporation. Christoph Henkel was born in February 1958

Career

Henkel inherited a £1 billion stake in the German chemical company Henkel shortly after his father's death in 1999.
He is a co-founder and co-owner of Canyon Equity, headquartered in Larkspur, California.
He is also the owner of Dunton Hot Springs resort in Dunton, Colorado, US.
He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Düsseldorf in 2007.
In April 2015, the Sunday Times estimated his net worth at £1.07 billion.

Personal life

Henkel resides in London, UK. He is married to Katrin Bellinger, an art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.