number of company owners from the so called medium-sized businesses it's a German peculiarity and it's not the only one the cover story for this current issue is that last year money rained down on Germany's super-rich up here we have the chef Lutz the matriarch and her son who now owns 80% of mom has kept only 20 on the chef's loose have been at the top of our list for many many years I'd have to check exactly how much they're worth but around 20 billion give or take a bit down here we have MS Basel toss in the head of the Hinkle class