Rudolf Stämpfli (born 3 August 1955, in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

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 entrepreneur of the graphic arts industry and publisher. Together with his brother Peter Stämpfli since 1988, he has run the sixth generation of the family business

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in Bern.

Life

Stämpfli spent his school time in Bern. From 1977 to 1982, Rudolf Stämpfli studied

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

and

operations research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

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. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which rou ...

(HSG). In 1985, through his doctoral thesis on the calculation in the graphic arts industry he received his oec. HSG doctorate. In 1998, Stämpfli completed further education at the

Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective business schoo ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. At the "dies academicus" in December 2014, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

awarded him an

honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...

Career

In 1984 he joined the family business, Stämpfli AG in Bern, and in 1988, at the age of 33, he took over the company together with his brother Peter Stämpfli. Today he is President of the board of directors and publisher of Stämpfli Verlag AG. From 2009 he was also President of the Board of Directors of BLS AG in Bern until November 2020, when he retired for health reasons; and has been Vice President of the Board of Mobiliar Holding AG since 2013. From 28 June 2003 until 1 July 2011 he was President of the Swiss Employers Association. In addition, Stämpfli engaged in the Burgergemeinde Bern, acting as its vice president from 2011 to mid-2016, when he retired for health reasons. In 2017, Stämpfli achieved a compromise between BLS AG and

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

in their extended legal dispute over new long-distance concessions.

Awards

* 2009: 25th HIV award winner of the Canton of Bern * 2014: Dr. rer. oec. H. c. awarded by the University of Bern

External links

Website of Stämpfli AG

Rudolf Stämpfli
on the website BLS AG

on the website Mobiliar

References

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