The Ledger / Klaus-Peter Schulenberg
Klaus-Peter Schulenberg
◼ Origin
Klaus-Peter Schulenberg began in the music industry as a student in Bremen in the 1970s, founding an artist management and concert agency from scratch. In 1996 he acquired the Munich-based ticketing company CTS and built it into CTS Eventim, now Europe's largest ticketing and live entertainment company (Frankfurt: EVD), selling over 300 million tickets annually across 40+ countries. He retains CEO and Chairman roles with dominant voting control through founder holding vehicles.
◼ Self-Made Verdict — YES
Built from a student-run concert agency in Bremen in the 1970s through acquisition of CTS (1996) and decades of organic growth; no documented inherited wealth or family business.
◼ Documented marks
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Controls CTS Eventim via founder holding vehicles with dominant voting rights; company has ~€2.5B annual revenue
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Net worth estimated ~$4.2B (Forbes 2025)
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CTS Eventim operates in 40+ countries, selling over 300 million tickets annually; Europe's largest ticketing company
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Controls 60–70% of the German ticketing market
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Previously attempted acquisition of Four Artists (blocked by German Federal Cartel Office in 2017)
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Controls CTS Eventim via founder holding vehicles with dominant voting rights; company has ~€2.5B annual revenue
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Net worth estimated ~$4.2B (Forbes 2025)
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CTS Eventim operates in 40+ countries, selling over 300 million tickets annually; Europe's largest ticketing company
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Controls 60–70% of the German ticketing market
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Previously attempted acquisition of Four Artists (blocked by German Federal Cartel Office in 2017)
No inheritance, or primary accounts documented for this billionaire yet.
◼ List of charges
Total sentence
0–0 years
That is
0.0–0.0 life sentences
(using 78 years as one life)
These are moral charges, not legal ones. The actual legal system has not — and will not — bring them.
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