Rank #1756
Beda Diethelm
Net worth $2.4B
Hearing aids · Switzerland
- Born
- Jan 01, 1941
- Age
- 85
- Source
- Hearing aids
- Residence
- Zurich
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Beda Diethelm is Swiss hearing aid manufacturer Sonova's largest individual shareholder, with a 10% stake.
- Diethelm joined what would become Sonova in 1965, receiving a chunk of equity from the former owner in 1980.
- Sonova has sales of roughly $2.8 billion and is based in Stafa, Switzerland and has production facilities in Vietnam and China.
- Born in the tiny village of Galgenen, Switzerland, Diethelm first dabbled in electronics as an apprentice for a radio and TV technician in Zurich.
- By 1962, Diethelm had become the head of production and technical director of Bommer, a Zurich company that was a global supplier of hearing aids.
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