Rosely Schweizer (née Roselie Oetker; born 16 July 1940) is a German businesswoman, heiress and former politician who served on the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for the Christian Democratic Union between 1994 and 2001.
[1] She owns a controlling stake of 12.5% in Dr. Oetker and has an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion.
Her mother hailed from an industrial family that owned Carlshütte, an iron foundry with at times employed over 3,000 employees.
[4][5] She completed her Abitur in Rendsburg and then studied economics at the University of Innsbruck in Austria obtaining a degree as Diplom-Volkswirt in 1964.
Initially, Schweizer served on the municipal council of Murrhardt.