1906 - 1999
Paul Sacher (28 April 1906 – 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$13 billion.He founded and conducted the Basler Kammerorchester (1926–1987). He commissioned notable works of composers of the 20th century and premiered them with the chamber orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Sacher has received more than 102,428 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Paul Sacher is the 332nd most popular businessperson (up from 695th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Paul Sacher ranks 332 out of 601. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Maurizio Arrivabene, Armand Hammer, Robert Nobel, Malcom McLean, and Horacio Pagani. After him are Pierre Veyron, Vladimir Lisin, Amadeo Giannini, Herbert Hainer, Norio Ohga, and Eddie Jordan.
1798 - 1875
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 326
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 327
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 328
1829 - 1896
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 329
1913 - 2001
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 330
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 331
1906 - 1999
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 332
1903 - 1970
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 333
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 334
1870 - 1949
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 335
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 336
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 337
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 338
Among people born in 1906, Paul Sacher ranks 163. Before him are Raymond Sommer, Artur Lundkvist, Fred Lawrence Whipple, H. C. Hansen, Yakov Malik, and Endre Kabos. After him are Ulanhu, Jean Leray, Alexander Gode, Bob King, Archduchess Rosa of Austria, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Among people deceased in 1999, Paul Sacher ranks 112. Before him are Reiner Klimke, Horst Frank, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ri Jong-ok, Hendrick Chin A Sen, and Karekin I. After him are Riccardo Cucciolla, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Dennis Viollet, Ian Bannen, Dennis W. Sciama, and Igor M. Diakonoff.
1906 - 1950
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 157
1906 - 1991
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 158
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 159
1906 - 1960
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 160
1906 - 1980
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 161
1906 - 1944
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 162
1906 - 1999
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 163
1906 - 1988
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 164
1906 - 1998
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 165
1906 - 1970
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 166
1906 - 1965
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 167
1906 - 1983
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 168
1906 - 2001
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 169
1936 - 1999
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 106
1929 - 1999
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 107
1919 - 1999
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 108
1916 - 1999
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 109
1934 - 1999
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 110
1932 - 1999
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 111
1906 - 1999
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 112
1924 - 1999
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 113
1912 - 1999
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 114
1933 - 1999
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 115
1928 - 1999
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 116
1926 - 1999
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 117
1914 - 1999
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 118
Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Sacher ranks 303 out of 876. Before him are Silvio Moser (1941), Abraham Trembley (1710), René Burri (1933), Giuseppe Motta (1871), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), and Liselotte Pulver (1929). After him are Joseph Deiss (1946), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Hector Hodler (1887), and Albert Sechehaye (1870).
1941 - 1974
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 297
1710 - 1784
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 298
1933 - 2014
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 299
1871 - 1940
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 300
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 301
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 302
1906 - 1999
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 303
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 304
1687 - 1759
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 305
1867 - 1939
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 306
1500 - 1564
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 307
1887 - 1920
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 308
1870 - 1946
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 309
Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Paul Sacher ranks 12. Before him are César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), and Meyer Guggenheim (1828). After him are Mansour Ojjeh (1952), Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), Walter Wild (1872), Marc Faber (1946), Josef Ackermann (1948), and Esther Dyson (1951).
1850 - 1918
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7
1934 - 2004
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 8
1836 - 1919
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 9
1846 - 1912
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 10
1828 - 1905
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 11
1906 - 1999
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 12
1952 - 2021
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 13
1905 - 1972
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 14
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 15
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 17
1951 - Present
HPI: 33.56
Rank: 18