[1] Bechtolsheimer-Kipp is the only daughter of German retail tycoon Karl-Heinz Kipp, founder of the Massa department store chain.
[3] He is most famous for owning the Massa department store chain in Germany, which he founded in 1965 and sold two decades later in 1985.
[4] According to Forbes, Ursula took over the Tschuggen Hotel Group as its chairwoman in 2016, having been operationally involved in the company for many years prior.
[6][7] Ursula and her husband Wilfried own and run a horse training and breeding centre in Gloucestershire.
[1] Bechtolsheimer-Kipp's only daughter is British dressage rider Laura Tomlinson (née Bechtolsheimer), who won two medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.