Annette Ringier

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Annette Ringier (born August 7, 1944 ; died January 28, 2020 ) was a Swiss journalist , publisher and co-owner of the Ringier media company , in which u. a. the tabloid Blick appears.

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Anette Ringier came from the marriage of Hans and Eva Ringier (née Landolt). Her brother is the publisher Michael Ringier , her sister is the patron Evelyn Lingg-Ringier. They grew up in the Villa Römerhalde in Zofingen , the home of their father. Even when she was a child, Annette Ringier spent a lot of time in her father's publishing office in Zofingen, “playing the secretary or delivering mail in the building”.

Before she started in journalism and family publishing, she tried her hand at the end of the 1960s as an actress under the stage name Ringa Zof , based on Zofingen in Aargau , where the publishing family is rooted.

In the 1970s and 1980s she was in charge of the German magazine 100 Ideen , was also editor-in-chief of the Swiss magazine Annette and wrote for Schweizer Illustrierte .

Since 2005 she has been a co-owner of Ringier AG.

The publisher was involved in various foundations, including the Swedish Right Livelihood Award Foundation for the Alternative Nobel Prize. She herself founded the Corymbo Foundation in 2002 and the Annette Ringier Foundation for social, ecological and cultural projects in 2011, which supports the training of journalists in Switzerland and aid organizations in Switzerland and abroad. Of these, among others, former, who are in need will benefit employees and employees of Ringier Holding.

Annette Ringier's special love was the arts and here - as a “great facilitator”, as it is called in an obituary - especially dance in Switzerland. With the Corymbo umbrella foundation, she supported the first Swiss dance and choreography prize for ten years from 2002 to 2011, promoted the safeguarding of theoretical knowledge and supported the dance scene in Switzerland, in particular dance festivals, company tours and networking initiatives such as the Zurich dance lobby.

Annette Ringier died on January 28, 2020 after a brief illness at the age of 75.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries of Annette Ringier | trauer.nzz.ch. Retrieved on February 16, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ a b c Obituary by Annette Ringier. Ringier AG, January 30, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Swiss autographs: autograph details. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Raphael Waldvogel: Annette Ringier died at the age of 76. In: Klein Report. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
  5. ^ Swiss Foundation Board. In: The Right Livelihood Award. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
  6. ^ Newly established: Annette Ringier Foundation. In: Espace F. June 29, 2011, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Royal House of the Decent. In: MEDIA WEEK. December 5, 2013, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Thierry Frochaux: A great facilitator. In: PS February 7, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  9. ^ Federal Dance Awards. Danse Suisse, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ringier, Annette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss publisher, journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1944
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2020