No.1: Dietmar Hopp

With four former colleagues from IBM, Hopp cofounded giant German software company SAP.

To date, the foundation has disbursed more than $380 million.

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No.2: Klaus Tschira

SAP cofounder donated 7 million of his shares in 1995 to found the Klaus Tschira Foundation, a nonprofit established to foster public understanding of mathematics, informatics and natural sciences (an amateur astronomer, Tschira has a small asteroid named after him).

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No.3: Dieter Schwarz

German entrepreneur and owner of the Schwarz-Gruppe.

He is the chairman and CEO of the supermarket chain Lidl and the hypermarket chain Kaufland.

In 2013, he was estimated be worth €19.6 billion, and ranked the 24th richest person in the world.

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No.4: Hasso Plattner

His donation of six million euros for the Isombululo programme for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS was announced at the Presidents Cup, one of the world's leading international golf tournaments in 2003 and it is suggested that this amount will have helped 360,000 people.

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No.5: Susanne Klatten

As of August 2015, her net worth is US$15.3 billion

An active philanthropist, Susanne has made significant contributions to the German political party Christian Democratic Union and was awarded the “Bayerischer Verdienstorden”, which is the Bavarian Order of Merit

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No.6: Klaus-Michael Kühne

As of 2015 according to Forbes, Kühne's net worth is US$ 12.2 billion.

Executive chairman and majority owner (53.30%) of the international transport company Kühne + Nagel, co-founded by his grandfather, August Kühne

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No.7: Michael Otto

German Otto Group, the world's largest mail order company, with US$24 billion in sales in fiscal year 2003.

The Michael Otto Foundation for Environmental Protection is strategically engaged in supporting future-oriented nature conservation

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No.8: Hasso Plattner

Plattner has contributed €20 million to the reconstruction of the Stadtschloss (in Potsdam), which was damaged during World War II and demolished in 1959. Plattner signed The Giving Pledge in February 2013

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No.9: Hans-Werner Hector and Josephine Hector

He started the HW & J. Hector Foundations provides money to cancer and AIDS research as well as for the art and historic preservation.

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