Asklepios Kliniken
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private Hospitals |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Bernard Broermann |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Joachim Gemmel, Marco Walker, Hafid Rifi, Sara Sheikhzadeh |
| €5.29 billion (2022) | |
Number of employees | 68,000 (2024)[1] |
| Website | asklepios |
Asklepios Kliniken are a major hospital operator primarily active in Germany, with their headquarters in Hamburg. They are one of the largest hospital operators in Germany,[2][3] with around 169 facilities across 14 federal states.[4][5]
Asklepios Kliniken – named after the Greek god of medicine Asclepius – were founded in 1985 by the auditor and lawyer Bernard Broermann and the surgeon Lutz Helmig.[6] Through a spin-off of Helmig's shares, the Helios Kliniken GmbH was created from the Asklepios Group in 1994.[7]
Since its founding, the Asklepios Kliniken group has continuously acquired mostly financially troubled municipal hospitals.[6][8] In 2004, it acquired a 49.9% stake in the Hamburg State Hospital Corporation (LBK), a public law institution at the time. By acquiring an additional 25% in 2007, the LBK was 74.9% privatized and renamed Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH. The city of Hamburg retained a 25.1% stake.[9]
Since 2008, Asklepios Kliniken, through the Asklepios Medical School, have operated the Asklepios Campus Hamburg as a clinical training site for medical education in cooperation with the Hungarian Semmelweis University.[10]
In 2011, Asklepios Kliniken acquired a majority stake in Mediclin AG, based in Offenburg, increasing its share to 52.7%. Previously, Asklepios Kliniken had already held around 34.7% of the shares. A year later, Asklepios Kliniken acquired shares in Rhön-Klinikum AG for the first time. In 2013, Asklepios Kliniken increased its stake to around 10%, giving the group a veto right to prevent the takeover of Rhön by other competitors.[11] In the following years, Asklepios Kliniken increasingly acquired shares in Rhön, obtaining a significant portion in 2020, resulting in Asklepios Kliniken holding a total of 92.58% of Rhön's shares that year.[12]
In Bad Oldesloe, Asklepios Kliniken opened a logistics center for healthcare supply in 2022, investing over €40 million. This center supplies the group's own medical facilities as well as hospitals operated by other organizations.[13] The facility was built to prevent potential supply chain disruptions, as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
Corporate structure
In the fiscal year 2022, the group generated revenue of €5.29 billion and employed about 68,000 staff members in 2024. The leading company of the group is Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA.[5] The parent company of Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA is Broermann Holding GmbH, controlled by the heirs of the company's founder, Bernard große Broermann.[9][6]
The group includes fully consolidated subsidiaries such as Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH, Mediclin AG, and Rhön-Klinikum AG.[5]
The group primarily operates in the German market, with 169 associated facilities across 14 federal states.[5] In addition to hospitals, including six maximum care providers, the group runs specialist clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and post-acute and rehabilitation clinics.[15]
