# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaus-michael-kuhne
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:13:43.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaus-michael-kuhne"
name: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
slug: "klaus-michael-kuhne"
description: "Klaus-Michael Kühne is a German billionaire businessman. In October 2021, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Kühne's net worth to be US$36.2 billion, making him the richest person in Germany. He is the honorary chairman and majority owner (53.3%) of the international transport company Kühne + Nagel, co-founded by his grandfather, August Kühne (1855–1932)."
tagline: "German businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuehne_Taufe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1937-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.564474666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86"
    title: "كلاوس مايكل كوهن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86%D9%87"
    title: "کلاوس-میکل کوهنه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne"
    title: "Klaus-Michael Kühne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump