Daniel Borel
Daniel Borel (born February 14, 1950 in Neuchâtel ) co-founded Logitech in 1981 and is part of the management. From 1982 to 1988 Daniel Borel headed the management of Logitech SA in Romanel-sur-Morges , Switzerland. Since 1998 he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Logitech International. He relocated the production capacities to Asia. In 2006 around 6,000 people worked in Asia and around 260 in Switzerland. In 1992 he moved to America, where he became Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Logitech Group.
Daniel Borel graduated from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) and obtained a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University . The ETH Lausanne awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1992 .
Daniel Borel stepped down as Logitech's Chairman of the Board of Directors in late December 2007. His successor is Guerrino De Luca.
On January 12, 2008, Borel won the SwissAward in the business category.
At the Annual General Meeting on September 9, 2015, Daniel Borel, who stepped down from the Board of Directors , was appointed Chairman Emeritus .
Web links
- Michael Heim, Benjamin Weinmann: “I didn't want to see Logitech die” ( Memento from July 7th 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Interview in: Switzerland on Sunday July 6th 2014
- Agency report on cash.ch : Logitech shareholders agree to all proposals - Borel will be Chairman Emeritus on September 10, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ 50 years of the Technical University. In: Swiss radio and television . September 21, 2019, accessed January 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Is «Mr. Logitech »Quit? In: cash.ch . April 11, 2019, accessed January 15, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Borel, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel |