I inherited billions from my super rich family – I don’t even want any of it and I’ll give it all away

A YOUNG woman, who is set to inherit tens of millions, has said she does not want to keep the fortune but would rather give up to 95 per cent of it to charity. Marlene Engelhorn, 29, is a partial heir to the famed German Engelhorn family’s $4.2 billion-dollar fortune following the death of her grandmother. Marlene Engelhorn will give away her inheritance Marlene said she does not want to keep her inheritance, claiming discovering her grandmother had decided to leave her this fortune did not make her happy, but rather it annoyed her. “It should not be my decision what to do with my family’s money, for which I did not work,” Marlene told Vice News. “Managing that heritage takes a lot of time. That is not my life project.” Having known about her inheritance for two years, Marlene said she had time to think about the best option for her and she has decided to give the money away to charity. READ MORE IN WORLD NEWS GOING VIRAL How Covid ground zero Wuhan went from freedom to world's strictest lockdown TYRANT TALKS Putin claims West is 'fuelling' Ukraine war & 'destroying markets' in TV rant Her reasoning? The fact that she did not work for any of that money. “This is not a question of will, but of fairness,” Marlene said. “I have done nothing to receive this legacy. This was pure luck in the birth lottery and pure coincidence.” At a Millionaires for Humanity event in August in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Marlene told the audience: “I am the product of an unequal society […] Because otherwise, I couldn’t be born into multimillions. Just born. Nothing else.” The young woman, who lives in Vienna, Austria, has been calling for structural change in how the ultrarich are taxed and co-founded a group called Tax Me Now. Most read in News 'OBSESSION' TikTok star 'hatched plot to silence mum's secret lover before killer crash' GROUND ZERO Wuhan plunged into lockdown 3yrs after first Covid case with 800k in quarantine SCHOOL'S OUT Schools could start 4-day weeks and reduce learning hours in blow to families CASH FOR MIGRANTS Homeowners are offered contracts to take in illegal Channel migrants FALSE ALARM Jerry Lee Lewis alive in Memphis after rock 'n' roll icon was said to have died RISH, BASH, BOSH Rishi wipes floor with Keir in first PMQs as he vows to balance the books The group has been campaigning for governments to take a much larger share of inherited wealth, arguing that these unearned fortunes should be democratically allocated by the state. Marlene said she believes a more equitable redistribution of wealth and higher taxes on the super-rich could help rebalance society. When asked what her future looks life after giving up 90 to 95 per cent of her wealth, the student said: : “I do not know that yet. But I want to work hard. As does everyone else.” Read More on The Sun NO SHOW Man makes kid cry at Disney World by blocking her view but people are on HIS side JEAN-IUS I'm plus-size & found the perfect jeans in the supermarket, they’re a steal Marlene is the granddaughter of 94-year-old Traudl Engelhorn-Vechiatto, a member of the German industrial family whose patriarch, Friedrich Engelhorn, founded BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, in 1865. While BASF sold for $11 billion in 1997, Marlene’s grandmother received $2.45 billion. The fortune grew to $4.2 billion, at the time of her death, earlier this year.