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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 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

Among businesspeople, Walter Wild ranks 446 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Walter Wild ranks 134Before 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 118Before 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.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 427 out of 876Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Walter Wild ranks 15Before 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).