Hasso Plattner & family

Hasso Plattner is a German businessman who is the co-founder of SAP SE software company. From 2003 to 2024, he was the chairman of the company's supervisory board. As of August 2020, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$17.9 billion.

• Hasso Plattner and four colleagues left IBM in 1972 to launch German enterprise software company SAP, which went public in 1988.
• He has served as chairman of the SAP supervisory board since May 2003, when he stepped down as CEO.
• His nonprofit Hasso Plattner Institute focuses on research and teaching in IT systems engineering, offering degree programs and free online courses.
• The institute has established Design Thinking schools at the University of Potsdam, Stanford University and the University of Cape Town.
• A signee of the Giving Pledge, Plattner has supported HIV/AIDS and TB prevention, youth care and education, and conservation research in Africa.