Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Schaeffler (born 19 October 1964) is a German billionaire businessman, owner of 80% of the holding company INA Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co.
KG, which includes Schaeffler AG.
His mother, Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, owns the other 20%.
Both inherited their fortune from Schaeffler's father, Georg Schaeffler, who died in 1996.
Schaeffler is the head of the supervisory board of Schaeffler Group and a member of the supervisory board of Continental AG.
As of January 2018, Schaeffler was ranked by Forbes as the 30th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $29.1 billion.