- Source of Wealth: Business (Software-SAP)
- Age: 80
- Birth Place: Heidelberg, Germany
- Marital Status: Married (Anneliese Zeuner)
- Full Name: Dietmar Hopp
- Nationality: German
- Date of Birth: 26 April 1940
- Ethnicity: German
- Occupation: Businessman – Co-founder of SAP SE
- Education: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Children: 2 (Daniel and Oliver)
With four former colleagues from IBM, Hopp co-founded the giant German software company SAP. In 1995 he donated 70% of his SAP holdings to fund the nonprofit Dietmar Hopp Foundation which is now one of Germany’s and Europe’s largest private foundations. Its focus is regional, in keeping with Hopp’s desire to return a share of his wealth to the Rhein-Neckar area where he grew up, supporting youth sports, cancer research and healing diseases in children in particular. To date, the foundation has disbursed more than $380 million. Hopp has an estimated net worth of $9.07 billion as of May 2019.
Owns a luxury golf resort, Le Domaine de Terre Blanche, near Cannes, and a 5-star spa in Germany, Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe. Avid sportsman, Hopp sponsors an ice hockey club in Mannheim, a golf club near Walldorf and a soccer stadium in his hometown of Hoffenheim.