Willy Michel (entrepreneur)
William "Willy" Michel (* 29. April 1947 in Burgdorf , Canton of Bern ; heimatberechtigt in Köniz and Burgdorf) is a Swiss entrepreneur of medical devices .
Life
Willy Michel spent his childhood in Burgdorf as the son of a rail shunting master. He was a chemical laboratory assistant at Ciba-Geigy in Basel. He then gained extensive experience in the areas of development, field service and marketing at several industrial and pharmaceutical companies. From 1978 to 1984 he was head of Novo Nordisk Switzerland.
In 1984 he founded Disetronic AG together with his brother Peter Michel . He went public in 1996 , after which he sold part of it to Roche in 2003 . At the same time, he bought back the injection systems division and founded today's Ypsomed from it, which he then went public in 2004. From the very beginning, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Disetronic Group and today of the Ypsomed Group. From August 2011 to June 2014 he was also Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ypsomed. In July 2014 his son Simon took over the management, Willy Michel remained Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Michel is the owner of several companies, including companies in the art sector, in the watch industry (Armin Strom) and in gastronomy. Until June 2016, Michel was indirectly the main shareholder of the biotech company Finox , which he founded in 2007 and which was sold to the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter , through the holding company BV Holding, which he controls . He owns several hotels, including the town house in Burgdorfer Oberstadt. He is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of BV Holding AG, its Chairman from 2001 to March 2008. He is also a member of various boards of directors.
From 1998 to 2001 he was a liberal non-party member of the Burgdorf municipal council and was responsible for the police and traffic department. He is also known for his patronage . So he founded the artist Franz Gertsch , the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf or committed to his foundation Willy Michel. In 2000 Michel bought the Gümligen Castle in Muri near Bern and renovated it. Michel lives in the castle. He has a daughter and two sons.
The business magazine Bilanz estimated Michel's fortune in 2012 at CHF 750 million.
Awards
- 2004 Medal of Honor from the City of Burgdorf
- 2005 Master Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young AG for his overall entrepreneurial performance
- 2006 Honorary doctorate (Dr. hc) from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Bern
Web links
- Willy Michel on the Ypsomed website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wilhelm called Willy Michel in: moneyhouse.ch, accessed on August 18, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e f g ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Corporate Governance Report 2011 . Ypsomed. Retrieved August 18, 2011, p. 121 (PDF).
- ↑ Michel again Ypsomed boss in: Aargauer Zeitung of August 18, 2011
- ^ Regional journal Bern Freiburg Wallis, 12.03 p.m., strc: Generation change at Ypsomed: Michel follows Michel . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on November 9, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Faded Icon. In: SonntagsZeitung , May 23, 2010, p. 53.
- ↑ Stefan Schnyder: Willy Michel is selling his start-up . In: Berner Zeitung , July 1, 2016, accessed on June 10, 2018.
- ↑ Castle Gümligen in: muri-guemligen.ch, accessed 18 August 2011
- ↑ Willy Michel . ( Memento from April 3, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Bilanz , accessed on April 4, 2014 (archive version).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michel, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michel, Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgdorf |