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-) | Germania |
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Il genio delle vendite tedesco, con una fortuna stimata a 6000 milioni di franchi svizzeri, preferisce non dover versare metà del reddito al fisco. >>>
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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) | Romania |
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Il massimo importatore di auto Nissan in Inghilterra, Botnar è riuscito ad assicurarsi una percentuale pari al 7% del mercato inglese delle auto nuove >>>
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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 | Germania |
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Titolare della grande casa produttrice di porcellana bianca, Liebherr ha vissuto interamente in Svizzera. Non solo ha utilizzato la Friburgo Holding p >>>
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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-) | Svezia |
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Gad e suo fratello, Hans, sono le persone più ricche d'Europa, grazie alla Tetra Laval. Hanno scelto Pully come sede internazionale della socirtà, ma >>>
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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-) | Sud Africa |
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Il genio degli articoli di lusso che si nasconde dietro Rothmans, Cartier, e Mont Blanc ha scelto Zug come domicilio fiscale. >>>
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Gunter Sachs (1933-) | Germania |
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Erede della fortuna della Fichtel & Sachs-Werke ed ex-marito dell'attrice francese Brigitte Bardot, Günter Sachs è il miliardario playboy per antonoma >>>
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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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L'imprenditore italiano si è trasferito qui nel 1963 per motivi fiscali e per la miglior qualità della vita. >>>
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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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