Honorary Senator of the University of Stuttgart May 2007: Honorary doctorate in art history and museum design at the University of Palermo November 2007: Honorary doctorate from the University of Louisville (Kentucky, USA) 2008 Grand Order of Merit of South Tyrol 2009 University Award of the University of Tübingen Entrepreneur Award 2009 of the Business Club Aachen-Maastricht 2011 Emil Beck Memorial Award of the Fencing Club Tauberbischofsheim 2012 James Simon Prize of James Simon Foundation to Carmen and Reinhold Würth - Award for exemplary, social and cultural activities in Germany Carl-Friedrich Medal of the Faculty of Economics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 2013 International Folkwang Prize 2015: Honorary Citizen of Schwäbisch Hall See also List of billionaires References External links Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 1935 births Living people People from Öhringen Businesspeople from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German businesspeople 21st-century German businesspeople German art collectors 20th-century art collectors 21st-century art collectors German billionaires German industrialists People from the Free People's State of Württemberg Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres