Rolf Gerling (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rolf Gerling (b. 15 December 1954 in Cologne) is a German billionairre ranked #512 worldwide in wealth by Forbes magazine. He has a net worth of approximately US$1.5 billion. 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 and now works mostly with the Gerling Academy for Risk Research, an environmental think tank that he founded. Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week. The magazine is well-known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is "The Capitalist Tool." Its editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes.