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Rudolf Maag

Net worth $6.8B

Medical devices · Switzerland

Born
Jan 31, 1946
Age
80
Source
Medical devices
Residence
Binningen
Citizenship
Switzerland
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, INSEAD

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Rudolf Maag's fortune stems from medical devices.
  • Maag got an M.B.A. from Insead in 1973 and began working his way up the corporate ladder at pharmaceutical company Sandoz AG of Switzerland.
  • He later moved to dental giant Straumann, where in 1990 he bought out the medical device division and later took it public as Stratec Medical.
  • In 1999 he merged Stratec with Swiss medical device powerhouse Synthes and built up a 15% stake, which was later sold to Johnson & Johnson.
  • Maag is the son of a butcher.
  • Maag bought the luxurious Bellevue Hotel in Switzerland in 2012 with his son-in-law.

Financial assets

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