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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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