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Ernesto
Bertarelli & family
inherited the business after father's death in 1998
... yachtsman who won the America's Cup in 2003 and
2007 ... married to British beauty queen/singer ...
released her debut album 'Elusive' in early 2010 and
signed with Sony / ATV in 2012
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Hansjorg
Wyss
is selling his artificial joint maker, Synthes, to Johnson
& Johnson for $21.3 billion in cash and stock ...
wine connoisseur owns a 900-acre ranch and vineyard in
California |
Walter
Haefner
WORLD'S OLDEST BILLIONAIRE
... Switzerland's main importer of Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda
and Audi ... his Moyglare Stud Farm in Ireland - now transferred
to his dau. - has approx. 100 horses and has bred such
winners as Simple Exchange and Media Puzzle
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Thomas
Schmidheiny
one of the Schmidheiny brothers ... wine aficionado owns
vineyards in Argentina, Australia, California and Switzerland
... honorary
Consul-General of the Republic of Cyprus in Switzerland
... world's
second-largest supplier of cement and concrete
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Stephan
Schmidheiny
one of the Schmidheiny brothers ... sentenced to 16 years
in prison due to the asbestos-related deaths of former
plant workers in Switzerland and Italy ... art collector
favors contemporary painters such as Richter and Warhol |
Sergio
Mantegazza
loves expensive toys, has a helicopter, a yacht (Lady
Marina) and a $600,000 Mercedes Maybach |
Jean-Claude
Gandur
his collection of Egyptian antiquities is among the best
in the world |
Esther
Grether & family
her 20th century art collection includes over 600 pieces
by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Salvador Dali, Francis
Bacon |
Thomas
Straumann
also owns luxury hotels in Switzerland ... keeps
a stable of race horses |