Würth vs Kroenke

Würth Group and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

The differences

Forbes puts Stan Kroenke about $0.3B ahead of Reinhold Würth.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Reinhold Würth: inherited and grew it. Stan Kroenke: founded it.
Reinhold Würth is about 12 years older than Stan Kroenke.
Reinhold Würth is from Germany; Stan Kroenke is from United States.

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Würth

Kroenke

Net worth, Forbes: $27.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $27.6BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: Not stated; $29.1BBloomberg, date not stated
Forbes rank: No. 89Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 85Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 153 on the 2006 Forbes 400 with $2.1 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Inherited and grew itJoined his father Adolf's screw wholesaler in 1949 and took over its management in 1954, aged 19, after his father's death; Founded itFounded The Kroenke Group (real estate) and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment in 1999; Forbes says he built his own fortune and tracks his wife Ann Walton Kroenke's separately
Main source: Control of the Würth Group through family trustsBloomberg: the trusts are held in the name of his three children; Commercial real estate and sports teams and venuesForbes: some 60 million square feet of real estate, much of it shopping plazas near Walmart stores
Companies: Würth GroupWürth Group: Honorary chairman of the supervisory board; chairman of the supervisory board of the Würth Group's family trusts; Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, Los Angeles Rams, ArsenalKroenke Sports & Entertainment: Founder, owner and chairman; Los Angeles Rams: Owner; Arsenal: Director
Biggest stake: Würth GroupStake not stated; Los Angeles Rams100% owned

Born: 20 Apr 1935Öhringen, Germany; 29 Jul 1947
Country: GermanyLives in Künzelsau, Germany; United StatesLives in Electra, Texas, United States
Education: No universityApprenticeship as a wholesale and retail merchant, completed 1952; Graduate degreeMBA, University of Missouri (1973); bachelor's degree, University of Missouri
Parents: Father Adolf Würth founded a screw wholesaler in 1945; mother Alma Würth co-founded the company; Father Alvin bought a lumberyard with a small loan and expanded it into a hardware store in Mora, Missouri; mother Evelyn was a former schoolteacher

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Würth FoundationEstablished with his wife Carmen Würth in 1987; Kroenke Family FoundationHe also created Kroenke Sports Charities through KSE
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: On the boardHonorary chairman of the Würth Group's supervisory board; chairman of the supervisory board of its family trusts; Chair of the boardOwner and chairman of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and chairman of The Kroenke Group
Successor: In 2025 he passed the baton to his grandchildren Benjamin, Sebastian and Maria Würth; his daughter Bettina chaired the advisory board from 2006; Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: 2008: Heilbronn Local Court (Amtsgericht Heilbronn)A penalty order for tax evasion fined him and two company managers between 600 and 700 daily rates, which left him with a criminal record; the amount per daily rate was not disclosed.; None found