Peter Spuhler (entrepreneur)

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Peter Spuhler

Peter Christoph Spuhler (born January 9, 1959 in Seville , Spain ) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). Since May 2020 he has been Group CEO ad interim at Stadler Rail AG .

In 1989 he took over Stadler Fahrzeug AG and restructured it into an internationally successful rail vehicle manufacturer, Stadler Rail AG. He was also a member of the National Council for SVP Thurgau from 1999 to 2012 .

Life

After Spuhler had spent his school days in Zurich , he studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) from 1980 to 1986 . In his youth he began a career as an ice hockey player at the Grasshopper Club Zurich . He is married to Daniela Spuhler-Hoffmann and has one child with her. Spuhler has two more children from his first marriage. In 2017, the Swiss business magazine Bilanz estimated his fortune at 2.25 billion Swiss francs.

economy

Stadler

After marrying into the Stadler family, Spuhler took up his position at Stadler Vehicles AG in 1987, which was then still managed by Irma Stadler. Two years later he took over the company with its 18 employees and a turnover of around 4.5 million francs, according to his statement with a bank loan from the Thurgauer Kantonalbank for around 5 million francs. He restructured it and, with the Stadler GTW, relied on a new vehicle that was better suited for modern local transport. In order to continue to be successful in rail vehicle construction, Spuhler bought the Altenrhein plant of Schindler Waggon AG in 1997 . The new holding structure favored expansion into Germany and Eastern Europe. As of April 1, 2018, Spuhler handed over the management of the Stadler Rail Group to Thomas Ahlburg and since then has concentrated on the Stadler Rail Group as Chairman of the Board of Directors . As of May 2020, he took over the position of Group CEO ad interim due to differences in the strategic and organizational development of Stadler Rail AG.

Further mandates

Spuhler is a member of the board of directors of the ASH Group and holds other board seats, namely at Gleisag ( Rorschach ) and at Walo Bertschinger AG (Zurich). Since April 2019 he has been a member of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and on the supervisory board of Robert Bosch GmbH . He is also a member of the Central Thurgau Employers' Association in Weinfelden , the IG Freiheit, the Thurgau Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Weinfelden) and the public transport information service ( Bern ). Spuhler is involved in the Tele D Foundation ( Diessenhofen ) and is vice-president of the ZSC Lions operating company .

politics

Peter Spuhler (2007)

In 1999 Spuhler was elected to the National Council for SVP Thurgau and confirmed in the 2003 , 2007 and 2011 elections. There he was a member of the parliamentary commission for economics and taxes (WAK). Contrary to the majority of his party, he has a positive view of the free movement of persons and the entire Bilaterals I package.

At the end of 2012, Spuhler resigned from his position as National Councilor during the euro crisis in order to concentrate on his business activities. His successor is the Thurgau Councilor Verena Herzog .

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Christoph Spuhler. In: moneyhouse.ch , accessed on May 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Peter Spuhler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  3. ↑ Change of boss at Stadler Rail: Peter Spuhler back as CEO. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Jet Cetera. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 31, 2015, p. 18.
  5. ↑ Peter Spuhler. In: Balance . Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ Interview with Irma Stadler on October 9, 2012.
  7. ^ SRF, blind date
  8. ↑ a b c Peter Spuhler hands over the role of Group CEO to Thomas Ahlburg. Media release of September 20, 2017 (PDF).
  9. ↑ Change of boss at Stadler Rail: Peter Spuhler back as CEO. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Personnel changes at Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and Robert Bosch GmbH. Robert Bosch GmbH, March 29, 2019, accessed on April 13, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Marco Metzler: “The free movement of persons is a good thing”. Peter Spuhler, Stadler Rail, on the bilaterals, the franc and the not yet planned IPO. NZZ Online, special broadcast from the Swiss Economic Forum , May 20, 2011, accessed on May 30, 2011 .
  12. ↑ Peter Spuhler resigns In: Basler Zeitung. from October 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ Peter Spuhler is Entrepreneur of the Year 2011. In: Handelszeitung . dated December 14, 2011.
  14. ↑ Nominated for the Arosa humor scoop known. In: Südostschweiz.ch. November 5, 2014, accessed November 16, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Spuhler, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spuhler, Peter Christoph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians (SVP)
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Seville , Spain