Bernard Broermann

Bernard Grosse Broermann (20 November 1943 – 25 February 2024) was a German billionaire businessman who was the founder of Asklepios Kliniken, one of Germany's three largest operators of private hospitals. It employs more than 68,000 people, and owns 170 healthcare facilities worldwide.

Early life Bernard Grosse Broermann grew up in Damme and studied medicine and chemistry in Berlin and Münster up to the respective preliminary examinations. He then switched to studying law and business administration and graduated with both legal state examinations and admission to the bar. He was awarded a doctorate in law in 1970 with his dissertation ‘The Scope of Investment Legislation’. During his studies, he founded the company, "Capital Treuhand", which was responsible for managing SEC-controlled funds. After completing his studies in Berlin, he sold this company. Broermann had an MBA from the INSEAD and Harvard University.

Career Before founding the organisation Asklepios, and his first hospital in 1984, Broermann worked as an accountant and lawyer before founding Asklepios and his first hospital in 1984. and the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace hotel complex in Switzerland.

As of February 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$3.5 billion.

Broermann gemeinnützige GmbH acts as the benefactor of the award, while the award ceremony is organised by the University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg. The award committee is made up of professors from the universities of Giessen and Marburg, supplemented by representatives from the Max Planck Society, the Fraunhofer Society and the Leibniz Association as well as a representative from Asklepios.