Portrait of Amy Wyss

Rank #2118

Amy Wyss

Net worth $2.0B

Medical equipment · United States

Born
Jan 01, 1971
Age
55
Source
Medical equipment
Residence
Wilson, Wyoming
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Skidmore College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Amy Wyss's father, Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss, founded medical equipment firm Synthes in the 1970s, where she worked for years.
  • Johnson & Johnson acquired Synthes in 2012 for $19.7 billion in cash and stock. Amy Wyss received a portion of the proceeds from the sale.
  • A 2014 U.S. Senate investigation into offshore tax evasion, which did not implicate the Wyss family, revealed her fortune.
  • She founded the LOR Foundation in 2007 to improve the quality of life for rural communities in the rural Mountain West.
  • Wyss met her husband, Ed Jaramillo, on a chairlift in the Rockies.
  • Wyss is both an American and Swiss citizen.