Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Jan Philipp Reemtsma (* November 26, 1952 in Bonn) is a German literary and social scientist, publicist and patron of the arts. He is the founder and was director of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research until 2015. In 1996, Reemtsma was the victim of a kidnapping and was only released after paying a ransom of DM 30 million. He is the father of Johann Scheerer.