1872 - 1953
Walter Wild, known in Catalan as Gualteri Wild (13 October 1872 – 16 December 1953), was a Swiss engineer, tradesman, footballer, and one of the twelve founders of FC Barcelona. He was club's first president for 513 days from 13 December 1899 to 27 December 1900, being re-elected three times, but eventually resigning due to work.He combined his duties as president with playing, having played total of ten matches for the club including the very first one. His main achievement for the club was getting its first home ground at Hotel Casanovas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Wild has received more than 84,988 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Wild is the 446th most popular businessperson (down from 383rd in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 391st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swiss Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Walter Wild ranks 446 out of 601. Before him are Philippe Kahn, Tim O'Reilly, Milton S. Hershey, Mohammed bin Hammam, Thierry Breton, and Petr Kellner. After him are Eike Batista, Herman Cain, Andrew Planche, Guy Kawasaki, Hermann Josef Abs, and Victor Pinchuk.
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 440
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 441
1857 - 1945
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 442
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 443
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 444
1964 - 2021
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 445
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 446
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 447
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 448
1727 - 1809
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 449
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 450
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 451
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 452
Among people born in 1872, Walter Wild ranks 134. Before him are John Arthur Jarvis, Forest Ray Moulton, Julia Morgan, Charles Gmelin, Paul-Émile Janson, and Georg Schnéevoigt. After him are Oswaldo Cruz, Kristine Bonnevie, John McCrae, Kote Marjanishvili, Anna von Mildenburg, and Jan Szczepanik. Among people deceased in 1953, Walter Wild ranks 118. Before him are Charles William Miller, Dooley Wilson, Maude Adams, Isaías Medina Angarita, Grzegorz Fitelberg, and Leslie Graham. After him are Edmund Dulac, Maria Andreyeva, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Dupong, Nikolai Golovanov, and Syama Prasad Mukherjee.
1872 - 1933
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 128
1872 - 1952
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 129
1872 - 1957
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 130
1872 - 1950
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 131
1872 - 1944
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 132
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 133
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 134
1872 - 1917
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 135
1872 - 1948
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 136
1872 - 1918
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 137
1872 - 1933
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 138
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 139
1872 - 1926
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 140
1874 - 1953
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 112
1886 - 1953
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 113
1872 - 1953
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 114
1897 - 1953
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 115
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 116
1911 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 117
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 118
1882 - 1953
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 119
1868 - 1953
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 120
1891 - 1953
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 121
1885 - 1953
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 122
1891 - 1953
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 123
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 124
Among people born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 427 out of 876. Before him are Gottfried Dienst (1919), Arthur Cohn (1927), Justus Dahinden (1925), Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), Charles Champaud (1865), and Johann David Wyss (1743). After him are Hans Huber (1852), Patrick Juvet (1950), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), Max Petitpierre (1899), and Paul Scherrer (1890).
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 421
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 422
1925 - 2020
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 423
1828 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 424
1865 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 425
1743 - 1818
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 426
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 427
1852 - 1921
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 428
1950 - 2021
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 429
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 430
1865 - 1946
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 431
1899 - 1994
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 432
1890 - 1969
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 433
Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 15. Before him are Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Paul Sacher (1906), Mansour Ojjeh (1952), and Gustav Wiederkehr (1905). After him are Marc Faber (1946), Josef Ackermann (1948), and Esther Dyson (1951).
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