Götz Werner

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Götz Werner
Werner at the re:publica in 2010
Born	Götz Wolfgang Werner (1944-02-05)5 February 1944 Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Died	8 February 2022(2022-02-08) (aged 78) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Other names	Götz W. Werner
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Founding dm-drogerie markt UBI advocate
Children	7

Götz Wolfgang Werner (5 February 1944 – 8 February 2022) was a German billionaire businessman and founder of the dm-drogerie markt retail store chain. He was also known as an advocate of universal basic income (UBI).

In 2013, Manager Magazin estimated his net worth to be around €1.1 billion, making him the 109th-richest German.^[1]

In 1973, Werner co-founded his first drugstore, dm-drogerie markt, a German drugstore chain, in Karlsruhe. By 1978, there were more than 100 branches in Germany.^[2][3] Later he was member of the advisory board of dm.^[4] In 1976, Werner expanded into the Austrian market. He led the company for 35 years. From October 2003 till September 2010, he was the head of the Cross-Department Group for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Till 2018 he was president of the EHI Retail Institute (EHI).^[5][6]

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner's teachings of anthroposophy, Werner was one of the most influential advocates of basic income in Germany (1000 Euros for everyone^[7]). He founded the initiative Unternimm die Zukunft, or Become an entrepreneur of the future.^[8]

Werner was married twice and had seven children.^[9][10] He died in Stuttgart on 8 February 2022, at the age of 78.^[11][12]

• Einkommen für alle. Der dm-Chef über die Machbarkeit des bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03775-3.
• with Adrienne Goehler: 1000 € für jeden. Freiheit, Gleichheit, Grundeinkommen. Econ, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-430-20108-7.
• with Claudia Cornelson: Womit ich nie gerechnet habe. Die Autobiographie, Berlin: Ullstein 2013, ISBN 978-3-430-20153-7.
• with Peter Dellbrügger (Hrsg.): Wozu Führung? Dimensionen einer Kunst. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2013, ISBN 978-3-7315-0116-9.

• Götz Werner Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine on the Unternimm die Zukunft website (in German)