Werner Otto (entrepreneur)

Werner Otto
Born13 August 1909
Seelow, German Empire
Died21 December 2011(2011-12-21) (aged 102)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder, Otto GmbH
Spouses
  • Eva Haffner (m.1939, div. 1949)
    Jutta Becker (m.1952, div. ?)
Maren Stücken
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(m. 1963)​
ChildrenIngvild Goetz
Michael Otto
Frank Otto
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Alexander Otto

Werner Otto (13 August 1909 – 21 December 2011) was a German entrepreneur. In 1949, he founded Otto GmbH, which eventually became the world's largest mail order group.[1] He was married three times and had five children.[2]

Otto and his family consistently ranked among the wealthiest Germans.

  1. ^ "Werner Otto ist tot". Handelsblatt (in German). 27 December 2011.
  2. ^ Birger Nicolai (10 August 2009). "Der König des Versandhauses wird 100 Jahre alt". Die Welt (in German).