Konrad Hummler (born 13 March 1953 in

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

) is a Swiss businessman,

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and former private banker.

Early life and education

Hummler had a bourgeois upbringing in the city of

. He was the son of former national councillor and attorney Alfred Hummler (1915-2010) and Verena ( née Stucki). He completed his

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at ''Kantonsschule am Burggraben'' before studying law at

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(

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) and economics at the

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(

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). After his studies he launched his banking career at

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(today's UBS) in 1981. Initially, as a

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and later as personal assistant to chairman Robert Holzach. In 1989, he began to work for Wegelin & Co. and subsequently became a

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in 1991. He has also been a board member of the Swiss Bankers Association until 2004. From 2004, he was a council member of

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and the German Stock Exchange. From 2008-11 he was also president of the Swiss Private Bankers Association. Between 2002-11 he had been a board member of Neue Zürcher Zeitung, being elected president from 2011-12, remaining a member until his resignation in 2013. Until 2011 he was president of the ''Chamber of Industry and Commerce St. Gallen-Appenzell.'' Since 2010, Hummler is a board member of

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. He is chairman of M1 AG, a private

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for strategic time questions as well as of Nebelspalter AG and Private Client Bank AG in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

. Hummler is also active as benefactor and philanthropist. He has founded the J.S. Bach Foundation in St. Gallen with his own means which he currently chairs.

Private

Hummler is married to Liesbeth ( née Streefkerk) and resides in Teufen,

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (; in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) (german: Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden; rm, Chantun Appenzell Dadora; french: Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; it, Canton Appenzello Esterno) is one of the 26 canton ...

, Switzerland. The couple has four daughters. In the

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he held the position of

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of the General Staff.

Works

* ''Versuch, Irrtum, Deutung – Anlagekommentare 1990 bis 2010.'' Orell Füssli, Zürich 2011, .

Literature

* Crésus: ''Confessions d’un banquier pourri.'' Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hummler, Konrad 1953 births Living people People from St. Gallen (city) Swiss bankers Swiss military officers