Rank #776
Peter Spuhler
Net worth $5.4B
Train cars · Switzerland
- Born
- Sep 01, 1959
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Train cars
- Residence
- Weiningen
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Peter Spuhler, former CEO of Stadler Rail, built a fortune buying up railcar makers across eastern Europe.
- In 2019, Spuhler took Stadler Rail public through an IPO that valued the company at $3.8 billion.
- His wife's grandfather had started Stadler five decades earlier, and in 1989, he bought the company from her grandmother for $6 million.
- Today, Spuhler owns a variety of shareholdings through his holding company PCS Holding.
- His portfolio also includes Swiss textile machine manufacturer Rieter, car supplier Autoneum and Aebi Schmidt, a manufacturer of specialty vehicles that went public in 2025 and trades on the NASDAQ exchange.
- Spuhler, a former Swiss Army officer, served for 13 years in parliament where he advocated a pro-business agenda.
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