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Walter Wild

1872 - 1953

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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 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 first one. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Wild has received more than 92,181 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Wild is the 448th most popular businessperson (down from 446th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 425th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Businessperson.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.81

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Walter Wild ranks 448 out of 847. Before him are Michael Dell, Rina Zaripova, Henry Clay Frick, Alan Lomax, Eduardo Saverin, and Robert Durst. After him are Michael Eisner, Anders Hejlsberg, Émile Étienne Guimet, Henry Luce, Vladimir Lisin, and Astor family.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Walter Wild ranks 131. Before him are Siegmund von Hausegger, Paul-Émile Janson, Léon Delagrange, Barbu Știrbey, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, and Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed. After him are Iwan Bloch, Sergei Vasilenko, Walther Reinhardt, Friedrich, Prince of Wied, Augusts Kirhenšteins, and Kote Marjanishvili. Among people deceased in 1953, Walter Wild ranks 119. Before him are Jean Becquerel, August Emil Fieldorf, Albert Meyer, Charles William Miller, Oskar Luts, and Isaías Medina Angarita. After him are Jim Lightbody, Milovan Jakšić, Pierre Dupong, Dooley Wilson, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, and Lewis Fry Richardson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 438 out of 1,015. Before him are Théodore Flournoy (1854), Wilhelm His Sr. (1831), René Felber (1933), Josef Munzinger (1791), Simeon Bavier (1825), and Charles Antenen (1929). After him are Walther von Wartburg (1888), Nicolas Fuss (1755), Walter Breisky (1871), Alfred Kleiner (1849), Heinz Hermann (1958), and Fritz Schär (1926).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 14. Before him are Julius Maggi (1846), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Paul Sacher (1906), and Gustav Wiederkehr (1905). After him are Marc Faber (1946), Josef Ackermann (1948), Bob Lutz (1932), and Esther Dyson (1951).

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