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Klaus Teuber Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth

Klaus Teuber Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth: Klaus Teuber was a German dental technician who became a professional board game designer born on June 25, 1952.

Initially, he worked as a dental technician for his business Teuber Dental-Labor but was unhappy and eventually switched.

Teuber began designing games as a pleasing alternative and, when these became successful, he became a full-time game designer in 1998.

Following the success of his newfound love, four of his games; Barbarossa, Adel Verpflichtet, Drunter und Drüber and The Settlers of Catan won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres awards

He won the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award four times: Barbarossa (1988), Adel Verpflichtet (1990), Drunter und Drüber (1991), and The Settlers of Catan (1995).

Interestingly, Teuber’s board game, The Settlers of Catan sold over 32 million copies and spawned a family of expansions and versions.

Later, the family game business was incorporated as Catan Gmbh in 2002. His sons now direct the family business with his wife and daughter playing roles as bookkeeper and tester respectively.

Well, the professional board game designer has died. Klaus Teuber passed away on Saturday, 1 April 2023 at 70, after a brief illness.

At the time of this report, the family was planning his final funeral arrangement and the details are yet to be finalized. We will keep you updated.

Klaus Teuber Age

Klaus Teuber was born on June 25, 1952, in Rai-Breitenbach, Breuberg, Germany. He celebrated his 70th birthday in June last year (2022) before he died in April this year.

Klaus Teuber Height & Weight

At the time of this writing, Klaus Teuber’s height and weight were not available.

Klaus Teuber Parents

Klaus Teuber was a private person and hardly shared information regarding her family. For this reason, there were no records regarding his parents at the time of this writing.

He was born in the village of Rai-Breitenbach under the Breuberg castle. As a child, he played games with model soldiers and created the sculpting game, Barbarossa, when doing military service.

Klaus Teuber Wife

Klaus Teuber was a happily married man. He was married to Claudia Teuber who later became a bookkeeper and a tester when he (Klaus) incorporated his game business as Catan Gmbh in 2022.

Klaus Teuber Children

Klaus Teuber is survived by three children, two sons; Benjamin Teuber and Guido Teuber, and a daughter, Benny Teuber.

His two sons became directors when the family game business was incorporated as Catan Gmbh in 2002. His daughter became a bookkeeper and a tester.

Klaus Teuber Siblings

Klaus Teuber never shared any information regarding his siblings hence we can’t state whether or not he’s the only child of his parents. There are no records of that.

Klaus Teuber Games

Klaus Teuber has designed several games including; Adel Verpflichtet, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber, Entdecker, Löwenherz or Domaine, Pop Belly Pigs, The Settlers of Catan and Timberland, a German-style board game based on woodland management that came in ninth in the Deutscher Spiele Preis

Klaus Teuber Net Worth

Before Klaus Teuber died, he had an estimated net worth of about $8 million. He had made such an amount from his job as a professional board game designer

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