Hans Vontobel
Hans Jakob Vontobel (born December 4, 1916 in Zurich ; † January 3, 2016 there ) was a Swiss banker and patron .
Life
Vontobel grew up in Zurich- Fluntern . He completed a law degree at the University of Zurich . He then completed an internship at the private bank Pictet & Cie in Geneva . During the Second World War he was active in the Swiss Army and its general staff. In 1942 he did his doctorate with Gottfried Weiss in Zurich with the dissertation "The separation of the competencies of welfare authorities and courts in the care of children of divorce" to become Dr. iur.
In 1943 he joined the private bank J. Vontobel & Co. , which his father Jakob Vontobel took over in 1936 and which then had twelve employees. In 1951 he became a junior partner and partner with unlimited liability. In 1984 the bank was converted into a stock corporation and Hans Vontobel became Chairman of the Board of Directors . In 1991 he handed over the office to his son Hans-Dieter Vontobel and became Honorary President of Bank Vontobel. Until his death, Hans Vontobel owned around a fifth of the bank's shares.
From 1967 to 1985 Vontobel was President of the German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and from 1970 to 1990 a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Bankers Association . From 1961 to 1971 he was a member of the executive committee of the Zurich Stock Exchange, from 1972 to 1986 he was a member of the NZZ board of directors . He was president and honorary member of the Rotary Club Zurich. Hans Vontobel founded the Vontobel Foundation to support numerous charitable projects.
Vontobel was married; the marriage resulted in his son, the banker Hans-Dieter Vontobel, and two daughters. He had been a member of the Zurich Student Choir since his student days .
Honors
- Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1980)
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1988)
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Bratislava (1996)
- Permanent Guest of Honor of the University of Zurich (2009)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Publications
- Hans Vontobel: The elimination of the competences of welfare authorities and courts in the care of children of divorce . Buchdruckerei Müller, Werder, Zurich 1942, OCLC 50992644 (dissertation University of Zurich 1942, 166 pages, speaker: Gottfried Weiss).
literature
- Susanne Giger: Hans Vontobel - banker, patron, contemporary witness. Römerhof Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-905894-01-1 .
- Hans Vontobel in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Vontobel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Vontobel in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- ↑ a b c d e Martin Meyer : On the death of the banker and patron Hans Vontobel. A great person with a view and measure. Obituary in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 4, 2016, p. 27.
- ^ Catalog entry of the dissertation , NEBIS , accessed on January 4, 2016.
- ↑ Jorgos Brouzos: The silent departure of the doyen. In: Tages-Anzeiger from January 5, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2016.
- ↑ Banker Hans Vontobel died at the age of 99. In: Tages-Anzeiger .ch from January 4, 2016, accessed on January 4, 2016.
- ^ Obituary notice of the Zurich student choir, NZZ from January 5, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vontobel, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vontobel, Hans Jakob (full name); Vontobel, Hans J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss banker and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 2016 |
| Place of death | Zurich |