Martin Haefner Net Worth

Martin Haefner has an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Martin Haefner profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $3.5 billion in 2019.

Martin Haefner is a Swiss investor and the owner of AMAG, the family-owned company that imports Volkswagen group cars into Switzerland. His full name is Martin Walter Haefner, and he was born in 1954. He is married and lives in Horw, in the Canton of Lucerne.

Haefner did not set out to be a businessman. He studied mathematics at ETH Zurich and for many years worked as a high school math teacher in Baden and Lucerne. At the age of 50, his father put him in charge of AMAG, and he moved from the classroom into the family business.

He has kept close ties to his old university. Haefner became a major donor to the ETH Foundation, and in 2013 ETH Zurich named him an honorary councillor. He also co-owns the Bellerive Hotel in Lausanne with his sister, Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner.

How Martin Haefner made his money

Haefner's fortune comes from his father, Walter Haefner, who built a stake in IT management software maker CA Technologies and owned AMAG. When Walter died in June 2012, he was the world's oldest billionaire at 101. Martin and his sister each inherited half of his stake in CA Technologies and equal shares of AMAG. CA Technologies was bought by Broadcom in July 2018, turning that holding into cash.

In 2018 Martin bought his sister's stake in AMAG and became its sole owner. AMAG sells brands including Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley and Porsche, as well as Skoda and SEAT. With money from the CA sale, he also became the main shareholder of Schmolz and Bickenbach, now Swiss Steel, a steel producer with factories in several countries.

His path from math teacher to the owner of one of Switzerland's biggest car businesses is unusual among billionaires, many of whom start out in finance or industry.

How Forbes has valued Martin Haefner

Forbes valued Haefner at $3.5 billion in 2019 and $3.2 billion in 2020. His figure then climbed every year, to $4.1 billion in 2021, $4.7 billion in 2022, $5 billion in 2023, $5.4 billion in 2024 and $5.6 billion in 2025.

On the 2026 World's Billionaires List Forbes put him at $5.3 billion, and as of October 20, 2026, the real-time billionaires tracker showed $4.7 billion. AMAG is privately held, so much of his estimate reflects Forbes' view of the car importer's value, along with his other investments.