Peter Leibinger Net Worth

Peter Leibinger has an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Peter Leibinger profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1.7 billion in 2019.

Peter Leibinger is a German mechanical engineer and business leader and one of the three owners of TRUMPF, the world's largest maker of machine tools. He was born on 23 April 1967 in Stuttgart to Berthold Leibinger and Doris Leibinger. His siblings are Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, who heads the company, and the architect Regine Leibinger.

He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and worked as an engineer at the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company in Rockford, Illinois. He has been married since 1997 and has four children.

Leibinger has become one of the most prominent voices of German industry. In November 2024 the Federation of German Industries (BDI) elected him its president, and he took office on 1 January 2025. He has also chaired the Photonics and Quantum Systems programme committee of the German research ministry since 2011, sits on the supervisory board of Kärcher and is active in German startups as an investor. His honours include an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden in 2011.

How Peter Leibinger got his money

TRUMPF traces its roots to 1923, when Christian Trumpf bought a machine shop in Stuttgart. Peter's father, Berthold Leibinger, joined in 1961 and developed the first contour nibbling machine tool with numerical control. Christian Trumpf, who had no children, chose Berthold as his successor and handed him control in 1972.

When Berthold retired from management in 2005, he passed ownership to his three children, each of whom now owns 29.4%. Peter became deputy chairman of the management board that year. In July 2017 he was named chief technology officer, responsible for research, sales and service and new businesses, and on 1 July 2023 he became chairman of the supervisory board. His father died in 2018. Together with his sister Nicola, who chairs the management board, he has helped steer the family company into lasers and other high tech fields.

How Forbes has valued Peter Leibinger

Forbes valued Leibinger at $1.7 billion in 2019 and $1.3 billion in 2020. His figure rose to $2 billion in 2021, then was $1.8 billion in 2022 and $1.5 billion in 2023.

It climbed to $1.9 billion in 2024, $2.1 billion in 2025 and $2.6 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker showed $2.4 billion.