Klaus Tschira Net Worth

Actually, what was formed in 1995 as a non-profit organization named Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTF) turns out to be a limited liability company with a charitable purpose today. Figures imply that KTF is one of Germany’s largest philanthropic organizations nowadays, with assets of $2.7 billion. In 2010, it has reportedly spent $37 million on scientific research and cultural projects such as a youth software prize given to brilliant students who use software to resolve math or science matters. Along with his wife Gerda Tschira, Klaus established another organization of the same kind called Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation in 2008. What’s more, he is an avid astronomer in free time, and has an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter named after him.