64 Notable alumni of
University of St. Gallen
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The University of St. Gallen is 847th in the world, 294th in Europe, and 8th in Switzerland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 64 notable alumni from the University of St. Gallen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Occupations
- aristocratmonarchbusiness managerart collector
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Hans-Adam II is the Prince of Liechtenstein. He is the son of Prince Franz Joseph II and his wife, Countess Georgina von Wilczek. He also bears the titles Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf, and Count of Rietberg. Under his reign, a 2003 constitutional referendum expanded the powers of the Prince of Liechtenstein. In 2004, Hans-Adam transferred day-to-day governmental duties to his eldest son Hereditary Prince Alois as regent, like his father had granted him in 1984 to prepare him for the role.
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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a Thai politician who served as Leader of the Future Forward Party from 2018 until the party dissolved in 2020. From 2002 to 2018, Thanathorn was the vice president of the Thai Summit Group, Thailand's largest auto parts manufacturer.
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Ola Källenius
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- Studied accounting and finance
- Occupations
- managerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Sten Ola Källenius is a Swedish-German business executive. He is the chairman of the board of management of Mercedes-Benz Group, and CEO of Mercedes-Benz. He was the first non-German in both positions before he took up German citizenship.
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Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
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- banker
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este is a member of the Belgian royal family as the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium. He is the head of the House of Austria-Este, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; he has held this position since 1996.
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Josef Ackermann
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- Graduated with Licentiate in social science and economics
- Occupations
- entrepreneuruniversity teacherbankerinternational forum participantbank manager
- Biography
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Josef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
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Ulf Mark Schneider
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- businessperson
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Ulf Mark Schneider is a German-American businessman, and the CEO of Nestlé since 2017. He is the former CEO of the healthcare group Fresenius SE.
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Rolf Dobelli
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- novelistmerchantwriterentrepreneur
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Rolf Dobelli born in Luzern, Switzerland, is a Swiss author and entrepreneur.
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Paul Achleitner
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- 1976-1980 studied jurisprudence and social science
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- entrepreneuruniversity teacherinternational forum participantbusiness consultantbank manager
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Paul M. Achleitner is an Austrian businessman who served as chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2022.
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Adrian Hasler
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- 1984-1991 graduated with Licentiate in business administration
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participantpoliticianbusinessperson
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Adrian Hasler is a economist and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021.
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Hartwig Löger
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Hartwig Löger is an Austrian politician and former business executive who served as minister of finance from 2017 to 2019. From 2011 to 2017 he was chief executive officer of UNIQA Austria. On 22 May 2019, following the Ibiza affair, he was named vice chancellor, and on 28 May 2019, he was sworn in as acting chancellor after Austria's first ever successful vote of no confidence against a cabinet, leaving this post on 3 June 2019.
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Christoph Heusgen
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- 1973-1977 graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Christoph Heusgen is a German diplomat who has served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference since 2022.
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Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
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- politicianentrepreneurinternational forum participant
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Magdalena Martullo stylized as Magdalena Martullo-Blocher is a Swiss businesswoman, politician (SVP), billionaire and the daughter of former Swiss Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher. Her younger brother is Markus Blocher. She is the majority shareholder and executive vice chairman of Ems-Chemie. She has been a member of the National Council for the canton of Graubünden since 2015. She is a prominent member of the Blocher political family.
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Jacqueline Badran
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- politicianentrepreneur
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Jacqueline Badran also referred to as Jackie Badran is a Swiss businesswoman and politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland since 2011. She is primarily known for her campaigns for additional affordable housing and banning Airbnb. She also holds Australian citizenship.
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Othmar Karas
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- politician
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Othmar Karas is an Austrian politician who has been serving as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since January 2022, having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which in turn affiliates with the European People's Party.
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Roger Schawinski
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- journalistauthorradio personalitytelevision presenter
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Roger Schawinski is a Swiss businessman, media pioneer and journalist who is primarily known for creating the Swiss consumer watchdog program Kassensturz (English: "cash check"), founding several private TV and radio stations (namely TeleZüri and Tele24) as well as developing German-speaking Sat 1 TV station.
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Hans-Rudolf Merz
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- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
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Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) until the foundation of FDP.The Liberals in 2009, he headed the Federal Department of Finance during his tenure as a Federal Councillor. Merz served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2009.
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Thomas Buberl
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- international forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Thomas Buberl is a German businessman who has been the CEO of Axa since 2016.
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Peter Spuhler
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- ice hockey playerpoliticianentrepreneur
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Peter Christoph Spuhler is a Swiss industrialist and politician of the Swiss People's Party, where from 1999 to 2012 he served as a member of the Swiss National Council for the canton of Thurgau. Spuhler was CEO of the family firm Stadler Rail from 1989 to 2017 and again on an ad interim basis from 2020 until 2023. As of April 2019, he held a 40% shareholding in Stadler.
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Nick Hayek
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- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Georges Nicolas Hayek Jr. is a Swiss businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Swiss-based Swatch Group.
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Daniel Jositsch
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- lawyerinternational forum participantpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Daniel Reuwen Jositsch is a Swiss attorney and politician who currently serves on the Council of States (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party representing the Canton of Zürich since 2015. He previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2007 to 2015. He briefly served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich before resigning from the post in the fall of 2007. In 2022 and 2023 he declared candidacy for Federal Council (Switzerland) but both times was not officially nominated by his party.
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Lars Feld
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- economistuniversity teacher
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Lars Peter Feld is a German economist who currently serves as director of the Walter Eucken Institut and as Professor for Economic Policy at the University of Freiburg. From 2020 to 2021 he also chaired the German Council of Economic Experts. Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner made Feld his personal economic policy advisor in February 2022.
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Valerie Hackl
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- athletemanagerpolitician
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Valerie Hackl is an Austrian businesswoman and the managing director of Austro Control. In 2019, she briefly served as minister of infrastructure.
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Peter Fankhauser
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- business executive
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Peter Fankhauser is a Swiss businessman, who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Thomas Cook Group from 2014 until its collapse in 2019.
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Fredmund Malik
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- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Fredmund Malik is an Austrian economist with focus on management science and the founder and chairman of a management consultancy (Malik Management) in St. Gallen.
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Ulrich Körner
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- economistchief executive officer
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Ulrich Körner is a German-Swiss businessman. In March 2021, he was named CEO Asset Management of Credit Suisse until July 2022, when he was appointed CEO of Credit Suisse AG.
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Sam Hinds
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- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds is a Guyanese politician who was Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously from 1992 to 2015. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence (O.E.) in 2011.
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Ankita Makwana
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- actormodelmotivational speaker
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Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever. She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.
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Ruedi Noser
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- electrical engineerpoliticianentrepreneur
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Rudolf "Ruedi" Noser is a Swiss businessman and politician. Between 2003 and 2015, he served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for The Liberals. In the 2015 Swiss federal election, Noser was elected into the Council of States and assumed office on 8 December 2015, which he held until December 2023. He is the sole owner of Noser Group, a diversified software company, which he founded. Noser has an estimated net worth of CHF 50 million (equivalent to $55 million in 2023) estimated by Bilanz magazine.
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Urs Lehmann
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- sports executivealpine skier
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Urs Lehmann is a former world champion in alpine skiing, president of the Swiss Ski Federation, CEO of the Similisan Group and candidate for the FIS presidency.
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Erik S. Reinert
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- economic historianuniversity teachereconomist
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Erik Steenfeldt Reinert is a Norwegian economist, with development economics, economic history and history of economic policy as his specialties.
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André Hoffmann
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- Studied in 1979-1982
- Occupations
- international forum participant
- Biography
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André Hoffmann is a Swiss billionaire businessman, environmentalist and philanthropist.
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Dieter von Holtzbrinck
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- publisher
- Biography
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Dieter von Holtzbrinck is one of the heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire, founded by his father Georg von Holtzbrinck (1909–1983) in 1948. In 2006, his wealth was estimated at around US$1 billion.
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Arnold Koller
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Arnold Koller is a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1987 to 1999 for the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). Koller previously served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) from 1971 to 1986. He did also serve two terms of the as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1990 and 1997. He is primarily known for Lex Koller, a Swiss Federal Act on Acquisitions of Real Estate by Persons Abroad, which he initiated.
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Georges Kern
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Georges Kern is a German-Swiss businessman, who is known being as CEO of Swiss watchmaker Breitling since 2017. He has studied Political Science in Strasbourg, France, and graduated in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He acquired experience in the fast-moving-consumer-goods sector at Kraft Foods Switzerland before moving into the watch industry.
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Margret Suckale
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- business executive
- Biography
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Margret Suckale is a German manager and lawyer best known for her work as a member of the board of Deutsche Bahn AG.
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Klaus Tschütscher
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- politician
- Biography
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Klaus Tschütscher is a Liechtensteiner politician who served as the twelfth Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013.
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Walter Kielholz
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- international forum participantmanager
- Biography
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Walter Bruno Kielholz was chairman of the board of directors and former CEO of Swiss Re.
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Bruno Zuppiger
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- economistpolitician
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Bruno Zuppiger was a Swiss management consultant and politician. A member of the conservative Swiss People's Party, he served on the Swiss National Council representing the Canton of Zürich.
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Peer M. Schatz
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- international forum participantmanager
- Biography
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Peer M. Schatz is a Swiss and Austrian entrepreneur and executive in the life sciences. Among other roles, he was the chief executive officer of QIAGEN N.V. where he over almost 30 years led QIAGEN's development from a startup to a global market and technology leader with over 5100 employees and to a market capitalization of over $10 billion.
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Peter Wuffli
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Peter A. Wuffli is a Swiss businessman who was appointed president and chief executive officer of UBS AG in December 2001 after having been chief executive of UBS Asset Management and the company's chief financial officer.
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Michael Ringier
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- publishercollector
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Michael Ringier is a Swiss publisher and art collector. He is the Chairman of the Swiss media company Ringier.
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Rainer-Marc Frey
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- international forum participantbanker
- Biography
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Rainer-Marc Frey is a Swiss businessman and investor. He is active in the Swiss financial services sector and the international hedge fund industry.
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Yves Daccord
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- executive chairmanjournalistinternational forum participant
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Yves Daccord, is a renowned humanitarian leader, international strategist, influencer and changemaker. His current focus is on the theme of security, social contract and the role of cities at the age of digital surveillance and pandemics, which is the subject of a special initiative he is leading at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and society. From 2010 – March 2020 Yves was Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a global humanitarian organization employing 20,000 staff. A former journalist, TV producer and international relations expert, his ICRC career spanned more than two decades in a variety of posts and challenging contexts – including Israel and the Occupied Territories, Sudan, Yemen, Chechnya and Georgia.
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Elmar Ledergerber
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- politician
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Elmar Ledergerber is a former Mayor of Zurich. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and was once named one of the most outstanding mayors of the year by a London think-tank. However he has also been criticized for not seeing through projects. He is currently active in promoting tourism to Zurich.
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Katrin Eggenberger
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- politician
- Biography
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Katrin Eggenberger is a Swiss-Liechtensteiner academic and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein from November 2019 to March 2021.
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Martin Schmid
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- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Martin Schmid is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Council of States.
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Thomas Zwiefelhofer
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- juristinternational forum participantarchitectpolitician
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Thomas Zwiefelhofer is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein and Minister of Home Affairs, Justice and Economic Affairs.
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Oswald Sigg
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- journalist
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Oswald Sigg is a Swiss journalist. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council. He served as Spokesman until his retirement on 31 March 2009.
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Mauro Pedrazzini
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- politician
- Biography
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Mauro Pedrazzini is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as Minister of Social Affairs in the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021.
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Matteo Badilatti
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- sport cyclist
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Matteo Badilatti is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España, where he finished 110th overall.
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Michael E. Dreher
- Enrolled in the University of St. Gallen
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael E. Dreher was a Swiss right-wing politician, and founder of the Freedom Party of Switzerland (originally "Motorist Party", German: Auto-Partei). He held a MBA from University of St. Gallen and was an MP from 1987 to 1999.
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Stefan Schmittmann
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- bankerbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Stefan Schmittmann is a German manager. He serves as chairman of the supervisory board of Commerzbank since May 2018.
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Yves Rüedi
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- judgelawyerjurist
- Biography
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Yves Rüedi is a Judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
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Judith Bellaïche
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- politicianentrepreneur
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Judith Sarah Jäger Bellaiche is a Swiss lawyer, Green Liberal Party politician and a member of the National Council since 2019. She is the managing director of Swico trade association.
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Brenda Mäder
- Years
- 1986-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brenda Mader is a Swiss Politician ( FDP), formerly President of the Young Liberals (Switzerland)
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Reinhard Schneider
- Occupations
- executivebusinessperson
- Biography
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Reinhard Schneider is a German business administrator and managing director of the Mainz-based family company Werner & Mertz, which is best known for its Frosch brand. In this position, he focused the company’s sustainability strategy and advocates greater commitment from the business community to climate and environmental protection. Schneider is holder of the German Environmental Prize 2019.
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Peter W. Heller
- Occupations
- environmental scientist
- Biography
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Peter W. Heller is a former deputy mayor of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, economist, investor and venture philanthropist.
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Christoffel Brändli
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
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Christoffel Brändli is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Council of States from 1995 to 2011. He was a member of the Swiss People's Party. He served as the President of the Council of States for the 2007–08 term.
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Max von Zedtwitz
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- academic
- Biography
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Max von Zedtwitz is a scholar of global R&D and innovation with a focus on emerging countries. He is Managing Director of GLORAD, a research network with locations in China, the United States, Brazil and Europe, and professor at universities in Europe and China.
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Rudolf Stämpfli
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- printerentrepreneurpublisher
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Rudolf Stämpfli is a Swiss entrepreneur of the graphic arts industry and publisher. Together with his brother Peter Stämpfli since 1988, he has run the sixth generation of the family business Stämpfli AG in Bern.
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Ernst Homberger
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- watchmakerindustrialist
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Ernst Jakob Homberger was a Swiss industrialist. He was the director of the company Georg Fischer from 1902 and the director of the watch manufacturer International Watch Company from 1905.
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Kristian Widmer
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Kristian Widmer is a Swiss entrepreneur, film producer, and television producer.
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Bastiaan Quast
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- economist
- Biography
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Bastiaan Quast is a Dutch Machine learning researcher. He is the author and lead maintainer of the open-source rnn and transformer deep-learning frameworks in the R programming language, and the datasets.load GUI package, as well as R packages on Global Value Chain decomposition & WIOD and on Regression Discontinuity Design. Quast is a great-great-grandson of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tobias Asser.
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Hanny Thalmann
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- politician
- Biography
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Hanny Johanna Hermina Thalmann was a Swiss women's rights activist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in 1971.
