Rank #1390
Urs Wietlisbach
Net worth $3.1B
Private equity · Switzerland
- Born
- Aug 25, 1961
- Age
- 64
- Source
- Private equity
- Residence
- Zug
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, University of St. Gallen
Net worth over time
Biography
- Urs Wietlisbach is the cofounder of Partners Group, a Swiss private equity firm that has more than $131 billion in assets under management.
- Wietlisbach started Partners Group in 1996 with Marcel Erni and Alfred Gantner, both of whom he met while working at Goldman Sach's Zurich office.
- The trio took their firm public a decade later; Wietlisbach currently owns roughly 5% of the company's stock.
- Wietlisbach is a member of the board of trustees of Blue Earth Foundation, which focuses on impact investing globally.
- He is also a member of the board of directors of Entrepreneur Partners AG, a Swiss asset manager.
- Wietlisbach holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
- In 2021, Partners Group banned its staff from using the word "deal," asking them to think more like founders and less like short-term investors.
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