Rolf Gerling

{{Infobox person

| name = Rolf Gerling

| honorific_suffix =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cologne, West Germany

| nationality = German

| alma_mater = University of Zurich

| occupation = Businessman, investor, philanthropist, environmentalist

| known_for = {{plainlist|

Owning and leading Gerling-Konzern
Philanthropy

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| spouse = Katharina Gerling

| children = 1

| father = Hans Gerling

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Rolf Gerling (born 15 December 1954) is a German billionaire businessman, philanthropist, investor and heir to the Gerling-Konzern. His net worth is estimated at $2.3 billion (2024) by Forbes magazine.{{Cite web |title=Rolf Gerling |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/rolf-gerling/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Peitsmeier |first=Henning |date=2005-08-12 |title=Der unglückliche Erbe |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/der-unglueckliche-erbe-11252519.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=FAZ.NET |language=de |issn=0174-4909}}

Early life and education

Gerling was born 15 December 1954 in Cologne, West Germany, one of three children, to Hans Gerling, then the largest insurance provider in Germany through Gerling-Konzern, and Irene "Inge" Gerling (née Uhrmacher; died 1990), an interior designer and gallery owner.{{Cite web |title=Rolf Gerling - Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Rolf+Gerling/0/20543.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.munzinger.de}} Gerling was educated at the Montessori school followed by Schiller-Gymnasium in Cologne. After completing his Abitur he completed an internship at Vereins- und Westbank Hamburg followed Economics studies at University of Zurich from 1974 to 1979 (Licentiate). In 1986, he completed his Doctorate.

Career

Gerling has been employed with his family firm since 1989. He inherited a 94% stake in Gerling-Konzern from his father Hans Gerling, valued at US$1.6 billion in 1992. Gerling Konzern is one of the world's largest writers of reinsurance policies. Gerling managed the firm until he sold his stake in 2005 to the Talanx Group.{{Cite web |title=Talanx grows commercial book with Gerling buy {{!}} Business Insurance |url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20051113/STORY/100017879?template=printart |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.businessinsurance.com}}{{Cite web |date=2006-04-10 |title=Commission approves Talanx's Gerling acquisition |url=https://www.insuranceinsider.com/article/2876ijbitvxe2t3erewox/commission-approves-talanxs-gerling-acquisition |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Insurance Insider |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2005-11-08 |title=Talanx in Talks to Acquire Gerling's Primary Operations; S&P, Best Place Ratings Under Review |url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2005/11/09/61724.htm |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Insurance Journal |language=en-US}}

Today, Gerling primarily is a private investor and environmentalist. His portfolio includes real estate through companies like DufourIm AG.{{Cite web |title=DufourIm AG in Zürich - Reports |url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/company/dufourim-ag-10368830961 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Moneyhouse |language=en}} He also operates the charitable Fondazione Gerling where he resides in Ticino, Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Fondazione Gerling - StiftungSchweiz |url=https://stiftungen.stiftungschweiz.ch/organisation/fondazione-gerling |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=stiftungen.stiftungschweiz.ch |language=de}}

Private

Gerling is married to Katharina Gerling, a German Canadian dual citizen, and resides in Tegna, Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Rolf Gerling in Tegna - Reports |url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/person/gerling-rolf-123569893301 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Moneyhouse |language=en}} He has one daughter.

References

External links

[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/MBF0.html Forbes] profile{{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731195036/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/MBF0.html|date=2016-07-31}}