# Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler

_German businesswoman, heiress and billionaire_

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Last updated: 2026-11-08

> Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler is a German businesswoman and one of the owners of Schaeffler Group, one of the world's largest producers of rolling bearings. The other owner is her son Georg F. W. Schaeffler.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 17 August 1941 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Prague ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Germany ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P27))
- **Occupation:** businessperson; entrepreneur ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P106))
- **Political party:** Christian Social Union of Bavaria ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P102))
- **Spouse:** Georg Schaeffler; Jürgen Thumann ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P26))
- **Awards:** Bavarian Order of Merit; Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Grand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria; Karmarsch Medal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208#P166))

## Questions

**When was Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler born?**  
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler was born on 17 August 1941 in Prague.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria-Elisabeth_Schaeffler) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q86208](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86208) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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