Esther Grether
$2.01B
as of 10/04/24
About Esther Grether
Esther Grether owns one of the world's most valuable and significant collections of 20th-century art, consisting of more than 600 pieces.
The collection includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Dali and one of Francis Bacon's triptychs.
She has been a major shareholder in Swatch and is a former board member of the watchmaker.
She inherited Doetsch Grether from her late husband Hans Grether in 1975. Hans' father Oscar cofounded the personal care product company in 1904.
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SwitzerlandSource of wealth
Art collectionResidence
Basel, SwitzerlandMarital status
WidowedBirth date
01/01/36 (age 88)Number of children
2Self-made
inherited and growingEsther Grether’s fortune is worth
34K
troy ounces of gold
31K
median U.S. household
20K
median U.S. income
0.04%
U.S. credit card volume
0.008%
GDP of the United States
0.006%
United States debt
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Doetsch Grether makes Tiger Balm, the classic pain-relieving ointment that traces its roots to a Chinese herbalist in the 1870s.
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