Rank #915
Walter Frey
Net worth $4.7B
Car dealerships · Switzerland
- Born
- Jul 30, 1943
- Age
- 82
- Source
- Car dealerships
- Residence
- Küsnacht
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration, London School of Economics; Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Zurich
Net worth over time
Biography
- Walter Frey inherited his father's auto dealership group. In 1926, Emil Frey opened an automotive repair shop that became the Emil Frey Group.
- The company is now the largest auto dealer in Europe with operations in service, dealerships, and financing.
- Like his father, Walter was an accomplished race car driver. Walter controls the company but his interests also extend to politics and sports.
- He served in the Swiss parliament from 1987 to 2001; he is also president of Zurich ice hockey club ZSC Lions.
- He once held a 50% stake in now-defunct free weekly Zurich newspaper Zuri-Woche, and sat on the board of Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche.