Willy Michel
$5.22B
as of 10/04/24
About Willy Michel
Willy Michel is the founder of Ypsomed Selfcare Solutions, a Swiss pharma company that develops self-injection and diagnostic systems.
Ypsomed was started in 2003 out of Disetronic Holding, which Michel founded in 1984 with his brother and sold to Roche for $1.2 billion.
As part of the sale agreement, Michel got the injection business back from Roche for $310 million, forming what is known as Ypsomed today.
Michel and his three children together own a 71% stake in the company.
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SwitzerlandSource of wealth
Medical devicesResidence
Burgdorf, SwitzerlandMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/01/47 (age 77)Number of children
3Self-made
self-madeWilly Michel’s fortune is worth
87K
troy ounces of gold
80K
median U.S. household
52K
median U.S. income
0.104%
U.S. credit card volume
0.021%
GDP of the United States
0.015%
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Michel reportedly owns a yacht called the Vive La Vie that features rotating beds, a disco dance floor and floating glass staircase.
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