Lukas Mühlemann (born 26 May 1950, Zurich,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) is a Swiss bank

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and

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Early life and education

After finishing school, he studied

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at the

University of St. Gallen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

from 1969 to 1973. He gained his first professional experience in information marketing at IBM from 1973 to 1975, after which he studied

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at the

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s, from 1975 to 1977.

Career

Following his studies, he joined the management consulting firm

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in 1977. In 1989, he took over the branches of McKinsey & Company in Switzerland. On 1 September 1994, he took up a position as

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(CEO) of the

Swiss Re Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd,
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insurance Company in Zurich. He became a member of the

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in November of the same year and was elected

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in 1996. In the same year, he moved to

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and is one of the nine global " ...

, where he was Chairman of the Executive Board in 1997 and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2000. During

Swissair Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002. It was formed from a merger between Bal ...

's grounding period, he was also a member of the company's Board of Directors. He stepped down in 2001. Since 2001 he worked for various smaller banks and companies and advises wealthy clients. In 2008, the

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issued arrest warrants against Mühlemann, together with the former CEO of

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. As of 2022, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, the ...

William B. Harrison Jr. William B. Harrison Jr., (born August 12, 1943), in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is the former CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. He attended high school at Virginia Episcopal School, where he was a basketball star. He attended the University ...

, and the former Chairman of Dresdner bank, Bernd Fahrholz. The trio had sat on the board of directors of Banco General de Negocios (BGN), closed by the Argentine central bank in early 2002 because of allegations of fraud. The bank's owners, Jorge and Carlos Rohm, had been arrested and the Argentine judiciary held the directors responsible for the loss of CHF 400 million in investor savings.

Legacy

His private assets were estimated at over CHF 100 million in 2006.

References

External links

Lukas Mühlemann Swiss bank manager
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