| Alain Afflelou (1944-) | France |
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The French optician has lived in Switzerland since 1998. Alain Afflelou was born in Algeria in 1948. The son of bakers, he left to study in France in
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| Otto Beisheim (1924-) | Alemania |
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El genio alemán de la venta al por menor, con una fortuna estimada en 6.000 millones de francos suizos, prefiere no ceder la mitad de sus ingresos a l
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| Claude Berda | France |
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Président du groupe AB, producteur du sitcom "Hélène et les garçons" et magnat de la TV numérique, Mr Berda s'est installé en Suisse en 1996.
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| Octav Botnar (1933-1998) | Rumanía |
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El mayor importador de vehículos Nissan en Inglaterra, Botnar podía asegurar hasta el 7% del mercado inglés de vehículos nuevos. Amasó unos 3.000 mill
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| Coco Chanel (1883-1971) | France |
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The empress of fashion lived in upper Lausanne
for ten years. Gabrielle Chanel was born in 1883 in a hospice in Saumur. Her
mother was abandon
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| Robert Louis Dreyfus (1934-) | France |
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Shrewd manager of Adidas and a very rich man, Robert Louis-Dreyfus lives in Davos but commutes by helicopter to his factories in Germany.
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| Bernie Ecclestone (1930-) | UK |
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The Formula 1 racing tycoon has lived in Gstaad since 1990. Bernie Ecclestone was born in 1930 in Ipswich, England. His father was the captain of a tr
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| Asher Edelman (1939-) | USA |
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The New York raider, famous for his takeover bids in the eighties, moved to
Epalinges in upper Lausanne in 1988.
He relocated to Switzerland s
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| Robert Estienne (1503-1559) | France |
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From a noble family of Parisian
typographers, Robert Estienne was in contact with humanist circles throughout
Europe. He adopted the Reformists'
be
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| Nessim Gaon | Sudan |
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The brilliant jewish businessman manages an empire of commodities trading (grain with Russian, salt with Africa, etc …) from Geneva, where he owns one
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| André Guelfi (1919-) | France |
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Born in 1919 in Mazagan, Morocco, French businessman André Guelfi lived in
Switzerland for over 25 years. His father was a Corsican military
officer
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| Daniel Hechter (1938-) | Lebanon |
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The inventor of ready-to-wear has lived in Geneva
since 1997. Daniel Hechter was born into a modest family in 1938, in Paris.
At the age of fo
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| Heineken (1924-2002) | The Netherlands |
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The name of the richest man in the Netherlands is known the world over: Heineken. He started out selling door-to-door for the breweries that his grand
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| Kamprad Ingvar (1926-) | Sweden |
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The charismatic founder
of IKEA,
the multinational furniture company that currently generates over 15 billion
in sales, has always had a k
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| Léonard A. Lauder (1933-) | USA |
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The CEO of the Estée Lauder perfume empire lives in the canton of Schwyz. Born in New York in 1933, Leonard A. Lauder is the eldest son of Est&
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| Liebherr | Alemania |
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Propietario de la gran compañía de producción whiteware, Liebherr vivió su vida a fondo en Suiza. No sólo utilizó el Fribourg Holding para que su comp
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| Henri Nestlé (1814-1890) | Germany |
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The founder of one of the leading Swiss companies settled in Vevey in 1833. Henri Nestlé was born in 1814 to a rich Frankfurt family. Fleeing t
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| Suliman S. Olayan (1933-) | Saudi Arabia |
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Smart franchiser and licensee who made SFR3,000 million selling foreign franchises, such as Coca Cola or Burger King, in Saudi Arabia.
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| Paloma Picasso (1949-) | Spain |
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Paloma Picasso, designer and business woman, moved to Switzerland in January,
2001. The daughter of Pablo Picasso was born in 1949 in Vallauris on
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| Rausing (1922-) | Suecia |
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Gad y su hermano, Hans, son los hombres más ricos de Europa, gracias a su firma de embalajes Tetra Laval. Han escogido Pully como sede internacional d
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| Marc Rich (1938-) | USA |
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The king of commodities has lived in Zug since 1983. Marc Rich was born in 1934 to a Jewish family who emigrated to the USA during the war. At the age
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| Johann Rupert (1933-) | Sudáfrica |
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El genio de los bienes de lujo que se esconde tras Rothmans, Cartier y Mont Blanc ha escogido Zug como domicilio fiscal.
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| Gunter Sachs (1933-) | Alemania |
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Heredero de la fortuna Fichtel & Sachs-Werke y ex-marido de la actriz francesa Brigitte Bardot, Günter Sachs es el último playboy billonario, así como
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| Edmond Safra (1932-1999) | Lebanon |
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The banking tycoon lived in Geneva for over 40 years. Edmond J. Safra was born in Beirut in 1932 to a wealthy family of Syrian Jewish bankers who had
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| Nicola Scrima (1947-) | Italia |
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Este industrial italiano llegó en 1963 por razones fiscales y por la calidad de vida.
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| Roger Zannier (1946-) | France |
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The owner of the Zannier group, a manufacturer of children wear (like the Kickers shoes), with sales over Sfr 1 billion, Mr Zannier came in 1998 in Sw
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