Martin Schlaff

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Schlaff
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Aug 6, 1953(1953-08-06)
Age	71
Birthplace	Vienna
Country	Austria
Horoscope	Leo

Martin Schlaff Biography

Martin Schlaff is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on August 6, 1953 in Vienna, Austria. Martin Schlaff (born 6 August 1953) is an Austrian businessman. He was engaged by trade with East Germany before the German unification. Based on investigations conducted of the German parliament Schlaff was an unofficial worker of Stasi. He was a Stasi Codename is “Landgraf” and registration number “3886-86”. His net worth is estimated to be to be more than EUR8 billion.

According to the newspaper, “The $3 million that parachuted into Gilad and Omri Sharon’s bank account toward the end of 2002 was transferred there in the context of a consultancy contract for development of kolkhozes (collective farms) in Russia. Gilad Sharon was brought into the campaign to make the wilderness bloom in Russia by Getex, a large Russian-based exporter of seeds (peas, millet, wheat ) from Eastern Europe. Getex also has ties with Israeli firms involved in exporting wheat from Ukraine, for example. The company owns farms in Eastern Europe and is considered large and prominent in its field. It has its Vienna offices in the same building as Jurimex, which was behind the $1-million guarantee to the Yisrael Beiteinu party.” The activities of Schlaff are connected to Getex.

In December 2005 Israeli police raided Schlaff’s apartment and announced that they had found evidence of a 3 million dollar bribe. Within 24 hours Sharon suffered a stroke and went to coma, never recovering.

In March 2008, The Sunday Times reported that Schlaff’s 2007 divorce from his wife Andrea involved a €200 million settlement, the largest ever reported up to that time.

In 1998, Schlaff opened a casino at Jericho in collaboration with a firm run by Yasir Arafat. It was dubbed “The Oasis”, it was targeted at Israelis who were unable to gamble in Israel where gambling is not legally permitted. The casino was shut down during the second Intifada.

Martin Schlaff Net Worth

Martin Schlaff is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Schlaff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The Stasi archives hold documents about the former president as early as 1982. Schlaff was a frequent guest of East German officials in 1982. Stasi documents reveal that Senior Stasi officials were impressed by the Schlaff’s “extensive holdings, his various companies, and his access to the needed America technology”.

The German parliament, when it was in Germany looked into the disappearance of public funds following the fall of the Berlin Wall, it found out that East Germany (GDR) had transferred huge sums of money in large amounts to Schlaff via accounts located in Vaduz one of the principalities of Liechtenstein as a payment for items “under Western embargo”. Additionally, top-ranking Stasi officers kept their posts after GDR, assuming managerial positions within the Schlaff company group. For instance, in the year 1990, Herbert Kohler, Stasi commander in Dresden was able to transfer one hundred million marks over to Schlaff to purchase “harddisks” and months later was hired by the company. The investigation found the following “Schlaff’s empire of companies played a crucial role” in the Stasi efforts to secure the financial security for Stasi agents and also to keep the network of intelligence.

According to later investigations, Schlaff had many meetings with Ariel Sharon. In 2002 Schlaff used his contacts with Sharon to help normalize the Austrian Federal Government’s relations with Israel. The Israeli Government had recalled its ambassador from Vienna, after government participation of the FPÖ in 2000. A new Israeli ambassador was sent to Austria in 2004.

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Who is Martin Schlaff Dating?

According to our records, Martin Schlaff married to Barbara Koenig , Andrea Schlaff. As of December 1, 2023, Martin Schlaff’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Martin Schlaff celebrates birthday on August 6 of every year.