BMW Billionaire Heirs Say Their Lives Are Harder Than You Think

  • It’s not all yachts. There are sides that ‘aren’t so nice’
  • Stefan Quandt considered regular job or studying architecture
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Dealing with the responsibility and jealousy from inheriting wealth is a misunderstood burden, according to Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt, the billionaire siblings who together own almost half of BMW AG.

“Many believe that we are permanently sitting around on a yacht in the Mediterranean,” Klatten told Manager Magazin in a rare interview with her younger brother published Thursday. “The role as a guardian of wealth also has personal sides that aren’t so nice.”