Philippe Gaydoul

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Philippe Gaydoul (born January 11, 1972 in Zurich ) is a Swiss entrepreneur .

biography

Education and advancement

Philippe Gaydoul completed a commercial apprenticeship at Denner , the company run by his maternal grandfather, Karl Schweri . From 1996 to 1998 he attended several management seminars at the University of St. Gallen and rose to become sales manager. In 1998 he became managing director and delegate to the board of directors of Denner AG. In 2001, Karl Schweri gave him the presidency of the Denner parent company Rast Holding, which was then family-owned.

Rast Holding consisted of the three profit centers Denner AG, Waro AG and Franz Carl Weber AG. In June 2003, Gaydoul Holding took over the majority of the shares in Rast Holding. In September 2006 the toy group Franz Carl Weber (FCW) was sold to the French Ludendo SA. Rast Holding SA sold Waro AG to Coop on January 1, 2003 . At the beginning of 2008, Rast AG was renamed the Gaydoul Group .

On January 12, 2007 Gaydoul sold his majority stake in Denner AG to Migros . He remained Denner's CEO until the end of 2009 . He retained his board member mandate until March 2012. In addition, he continues to head the Gaydoul Group.

investor

Gaydoul joined fashion company Navyboot in July 2008 with a 90% stake . In October 2009 the Swiss stocking fashion chain Fogal was taken over . This was followed by majority stakes in the Swiss fashion label Jet Set and the watch manufacturer Hanhart in October 2010. Hanhart was divested to GCI Management Consulting Munich in February 2014 and Fogal was sold to Lahco of Switzerland in November 2015.

Gaydoul holds a stake in the Neue Helvetische Bank , which was launched in January 2011 . With a stake of 9.5 percent, he is the second largest shareholder.

further activities

Together with his mother Denise Gaydoul, he founded the Fondation Gaydoul in May 2008 . This foundation supports charitable projects and works in Switzerland that are dedicated to the research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and healing of physical or mental illnesses in children. The foundation was endowed with a double-digit million amount.

Since July 2010 Gaydoul has been a partner in Lailaps Picture GmbH, the film production company of the Swiss actor Anatole Taubman .

In 2006 he initiated the retail trade interest group IG DHS. It includes Denner, Coop, Migros, Charles Vögele and Valora . From 2006 to 2009 Gaydoul was President of IG DHS.

Together with two partners, he bought the Kursaal Arosa in 2011 in order to create “long-term added value for tourism for the place”. The participation in the Kursaal Arosa was given up in October 2015.

From June 2009 to September 2012 Gaydoul was President of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation , which has since been renamed the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF). In summer 2012 he became the majority shareholder of EHC Kloten AG . Due to this commitment, he announced his resignation as SIHF President in order to avoid conflicts of interest between his activities at club and association level. The majority stake in Kloten Flyers was transferred to the Canadian Avenir Sports Entertainment LLC in April 2015.

various

In 2011 Gaydoul was awarded a jury prize at the Arosa Humor Festival . He is divorced, has a son and is in a relationship with journalist and television presenter Christine Maier .

literature

Documentation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philippe Gaydoul in the Munzinger archive , accessed on October 26, 2012 ( beginning of article freely available)
  2. ↑ Gret Heer: Rast Holding: The pearls stay in the family. Handelszeitung, January 23, 2007, accessed December 15, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Dirk Ruschmann: Philippe Gaydoul: Done cheap. In: Bilanz 12/2011 from June 30, 2011
  4. ↑ Migros: Denner story. Migros, January 12, 2009, accessed December 15, 2010 .
  5. ^ Ai: The discount plasticizer. NZZ Online, December 29, 2009, accessed on December 15, 2010 .
  6. ↑ New entrepreneur bank for Switzerland ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Media release from Neue Helvetische Bank, December 13, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neuehelvetischebank.ch
  7. ↑ Erik Nolmans: Banking: The new life of Thomas Matter . Balance as of January 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ sda: The Denner boss becomes an investor. NZZ, May 14, 2008, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  9. ↑ tno: Matter invests with Gaydoul in Arosa. Balance sheet, October 6, 2010, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  10. ↑ npa: Kursall Arosa in new hands. (No longer available online.) Htr.ch, September 9, 2011, archived from the original on June 5, 2014 ; accessed on June 1, 2014 . 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.htr.ch
  11. ↑ Schweizer Handelsamtsblatt, daily register no. 4346.
  12. ↑ Philippe Gaydoul honored for his humor. December 9, 2011
  13. ↑ Patrik Müller : "The luxury life is over". Interview in: The Sunday of January 7th, 2012
  14. ↑ What is Christine Maier actually doing? ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 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: bluewin.ch from April 9, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bluewin.ch
personal data
SURNAME Gaydoul, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich