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The number of income millionaires is increasing – where the big money is made
For many utopian, reality for tens of thousands in Germany: an income of one million euros. A new statistics show how many people earn seven digits.
In Germany there were almost 35,000 people who have earned one million euros or more per year. This emerges from figures from the Federal Statistical Office. The data from 2021 – newer locations have not yet been used.
Compared to the previous year, the number of income millionaires increased by around 5200 or 18 percent. “Part of this above -average increase (can) will be attributed to the higher inflation in 2021,” said the authority based in Wiesbaden. “PandeMiebDeigen special effects can also contribute to explanation in 2021.”
Where do the high income come from?
Most of these well -earners (60 percent) said according to the information as a main source of income, 19 percent earned their money as an employee, 15 percent were self -employed. On average, an income of 2.8 million euros was achieved. For comparison: The average income of all employees in Germany in 2021 was around 49,000 euros. Income from stocks or other capital assets no longer flowed completely into the statistics.
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Götz Werner, founder of the drugstore chain dm in 2022, had an estimated estate of EUR 1.1 billion. But the entrepreneur does not bequeathed it to his seven children, but brought his shares into a non -profit foundation. “It has become clear to me that inheritance can also be a tragedy for a family if they determined the life of the heirs,” said Werner of the “Zeit”. Today his second oldest son Christoph Werner leads the drugstore chain, billion was different: Kevin Lehmann is the son of the DM co-partner Günther Lehmann, the son Kevin in 2017. According to Kevin Lehmann “Forbes”, a fortune of EUR 3.3 billion made “Forbes” at times the youngest billionaire worldwide
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While the number of income millionaires is increasing, poverty increases in Germany, the union and social science institute (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation indicated. “The feeling of great social inequality is water on the mills of those who basically question the democratic order,” said the scientific director Bettina Kohlrausch, according to Reuters news agency.
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