Career
During Beisheim served in the 1st Steamship Division Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler. Beisheim was a Steamship-Sturmmann (corresponds private) in an artillery regiment of the Leibstandarte. The first Metro Market, opened in November 1963 in Essen-Altenessen.
On 10 January 2004, Beisheim Center was officially opened on the northwest side of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, built for 463 million euros, and including the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott chains.
In 2009, he sold 5.2% of the shares of Metro AG to various national and international investors. A further 3.1% could be sold.
The WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, in Koblenz is named after him.