Billionaire, 94, To Marry For Fifth Time

Karl Wlaschek, a 94 year old Austrian billionaire, plans to marry his fiancé in the next few days—this will be the fifth marriage for Wlaschek. Though Wlaschek has four children from his first four marriages, he joked that he was getting re-married to add a few more children to the mix. Both Wlaschek and his fiancé Rikki Schenk, who chose not to reveal her age, were widowed on the same day by their previous spouses.

Wlaschek founded the Austrian retail chain Billa which he sold in 1996 for $1 billion. The sale of the company helped make Wlascheck the third richest man in Austria. With a current total net worth of $4.7 billion, Wlaschek is the fifth oldest billionaire in the world following Walter Haefner, David Rockefeller Sr., Albert Ueltschi, and Kirk Kerkorian.

See Brian Solomon, 94-Year-Old Billionaire To Marry For The 5th Time, Jokes That He Wants More Kids, Forbes, Apr. 16, 2012.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.