What is Johanna Quandt?
{{Infobox person |name = Johanna Quandt |image = JohannaQuandt.jpg |caption = Johanna Quandt, Berlin, 2012 |birth_name = Johanna Maria Bruhn |birth_date = 21 June 1926 |birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|8|3|1926|6|21|df=y}} |death_place = [[Bad Homburg vor der Höhe]], [[Germany]] |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = |education = |alma_mater = |nationality = German |residence = |spouse = [[Herbert Quandt]]<br>(m. 1960-1982, his death) |children = }} '''Johanna Quandt''' (21 June 1926 – 3 August 2015) was the [[Germans|German]] [[widow]] of [[industrialist]] [[Herbert Quandt]], who saved [[BMW]] from bankruptcy. As a result, she was the 8th richest person in Germany, 82nd in the world and 11th richest woman according to [[Forbes]].<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Johanna Quandt|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fkem45edj/johanna-quandt/|website=Forbes|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> As of August 2014, the Quandt family is estimated to be worth [[United States dollar|$]]46.3 [[billion]].<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#version:static_country:Germany The World's Billionaires: Germany]. forbes.com, retrieved 5 August 2015</ref> She died at the age of 89 in her home in [[Bad Homburg]] near [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]].<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2015/08/05/johanna-quandt-billionaire-matriarch-of-bmw-clan-dies-at-89/ Johanna Quandt, Billionaire Matriarch of BMW Clan, Dies at 89]. forbes.com, retrieved 5 August 2015</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Quandt, Johanna}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:German billionaires]] [[Category:German businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Berlin]]