Hans J. Bear
Hans Julius Baer (born September 26, 1927 in Zurich ; † March 21, 2011 there ; entitled to live there ) was a Swiss banker .
Life
Hans J. Bär grew up in Zurich and New York. After studying engineering and economics in the USA , he joined the family business Bank Julius Baer in 1947 and became a partner in 1960. From 1975 to 1993, Hans J. Bär was Chairman of the Management Board and from 1994 to 1996 Chairman of the Board of Directors . Under his leadership, the company went public in 1980, changing from a family company to a public company.
In the 1990s, as a representative of the Swiss banks, he was a member of the first so-called Volcker Commission and helped to resolve the conflict over dormant assets .
Hans J. Bär was also culturally involved, including as President of the Tonhalle Society (1982 to 1992) and as founding president of the Zurich Festival .
Published in 2004 under the title Be embraced, millions. A life between Pearl Harbor and Ground Zero is his memoir . Since he criticized the Swiss banking secrecy in it , they caused big waves in Switzerland and especially in the Swiss banking world.
Hans J. Bär was married to Ilse Bär-Kaelin (1920–2002) for 48 years, with whom he had two children, Monique and Raymond. Son Raymond J. Baer (* 1959) was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Julius Baer from 2003 to 2012, and Honorary Chairman since 2012.
Hans J. Bär died on March 21, 2011 after a long illness at the age of 83 in Zurich. The funeral service took place in the Fraumünster .
Works (selection)
- The Banking System of Switzerland. Dissertation , New York University , Buchdr. Neumann, 1951
- Be embraced, millions. A life between Pearl Harbor and Ground Zero. Orell Füssli , Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-06041-9 .
Web links
- Hans J. Baer. Biography at Lehigh University (English)
- Daniel Weber: Let's talk about money. ( Memento of March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Interview in: NZZ Folio 10/2005
- When the music of love is food. Obituary by Ignaz Miller in: Tages-Anzeiger of March 24, 2011
- Conversational confections filled with dynamite. By Constantin Seibt in: Tages-Anzeiger of March 24, 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Estates and individual holdings / AE / Bär, Hans J. (PDF; 120 kB) in: ETH Zurich Archive for Contemporary History of December 24, 2010
- ↑ Hans J. Baer. In: monetas.ch, accessed on February 22, 2017
- ↑ Hans J. Bär passed away. In: Bank Julius Baer of March 22, 2011 ( archive version ( memento of March 23, 2011 on WebCite ))
- ↑ Banker Hans J. Bär is dead. In: Tages-Anzeiger of March 22, 2011
- ↑ A banker annoys the bankers. In: NZZ Online from March 28, 2004
- ↑ Hans J. Baer. ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Bär-Kaelin Foundation, accessed on April 20, 2012
- ↑ People: Hans J. Bär. In: Börsen-Zeitung of March 23, 2011
- ^ Curriculum vitae of Raymond J. Bär. ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Bank Julius Baer , accessed on February 22, 2017 (PDF file)
- ^ Funeral service for a grand seigneur. In: Tages-Anzeiger of March 26, 2011
- ^ The banking system of Switzerland by Hans J. Bär. In: Open Library , accessed March 27, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bear, Hans J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bär, Hans Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 2011 |
| Place of death | Zurich |