Thomas Schmidheiny
$7.81B
as of 02/18/25
About Thomas Schmidheiny
Thomas Schmidheiny gets the bulk of his fortune from cement and building materials giant HOLCIM, which was formed via a mega-merger in 2014.
His great-grandfather Jacob founded the family business in 1912; over time the family built an empire of bricks and cement.
His father Max divided the estate in 1984 and Thomas inherited cement and concrete supplier Holcim. His brother Stephan got concrete supplier Eternit.
Thomas, now honorary chairman of Holcim, left the board in 2018. He retired as chairman in 2003 after running the company for 20 years.
Schmidheiny also has wineries in California, Argentina, and Switzerland.
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SwitzerlandSource of wealth
CementResidence
Jona, SwitzerlandMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/17/45 (age 79)Number of children
4Education
Doctorate, Tufts University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Zurich PolytechnicSelf-made
inherited and growingThomas Schmidheiny’s fortune is worth
130K
troy ounces of gold
120K
median U.S. household
78K
median U.S. income
0.156%
U.S. credit card volume
0.031%
GDP of the United States
0.023%
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Schmidheiny's grandfather founded a vine growers cooperative and his dad started making wine on the family's Heerbrugg estate when Schmidheiny was a child.
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