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Stephan Schmidheiny
$2.1B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 4/26/24
#1551 in the world todayReflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
Photo by Courtesy of Peter Schuermann
About Stephan Schmidheiny
- Stephan Schmidheiny's fortune dates back to 1867, when his great-grandfather founded a brick yard in eastern Switzerland that eventually became a giant in building materials.
- Schmidheiny joined the family business in 1974 as a sales manager. He became board president of his father's construction materials company Swiss Eternit Group in 1976 at age 28.
- When his father Max divided the estate in 1984, Stephan inherited Eternit while brother Thomas got cement and concrete supplier Holcim.
- Stephan Schmidheiny sold all his holdings in the Swiss Eternit group at the end of the 1980s and invested in other businesses.
- Since 2009, Schmidheiny has faced criminal charges in Italy for negligence that led to 2,000 asbestos-related deaths at Italian Eternit factories in the 1970s and 80s. Proceedings are still ongoing.
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 76
- Source of Wealth
- Investments
- Residence
- Hurden, Switzerland
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Doctorate, University of Zurich
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In Their Own Words
I continue to give because it has been a profoundly rewarding experience, because I keep learning about the needs and potential of the people and the dynamics of development.
Stephan Schmidheiny
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