Past owners and officers of the Leica/Leitz companies:

• Ernst Leitz II 1870-1956 - After the death of Ernst Leitz I in 1920, Ernst Leitz II, takes over the management of the Leitz company and is in charge until his death in 1956.

• Ernst Leitz III 1956-

• Ludwig Leitz 1956-

• Günther Leitz 1956-

• Helmut Marx Wetzlar

• Wolfgang Vollrath Wetzlar

• Lothar Kölsch Solms

• Peter Karbe Solms/Wetzlar

• Bruno Frey - CEO 1986-1994 Leica GmbH is founded

• Klaus-Dieter Hofmann - CEO 1994-1998, 1996 Leica Camera AG

• Hanns-Peter Cohn - CEO 1999-2005

• Ralf Coenen - CEO 2005-2006

• Steven K.‭ ‬Lee - CEO 2006- 22 Feb 2008

• Andreas Kaufmann - CEO 23 Feb 2008 - 28 Feb 2009