The Schmidheiny family ( ) is a Swiss industrial and political family originally from Balgach, St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. The fortune was made through diversification in only two to three generations during the mid-19th and early 20th century by Jacob Schmidheiny through the silk manufacturing (until 1867) and then building materials such as brick and concrete (primarily Eternit and Holcim).
Members
Jacob Schmidheiny (1838–1905) (m.) Elise Kaufmann Ernst Schmidheiny I. (1871–1935) (m.) Vera Kuster Vera Lydia Schmidheiny (1897–1981) Marie-Louise Schmidheiny (1900–1981) Ernst Schmidheiny II (1902–1985) Max Schmidheiny (1908–1991) (m.) Adda Marietta Scherrer Thomas Schmidheiny (born 1945) Stephan Schmidheiny (born 1947) Alexander Schmidheiny (1951–1992) Jacob Schmidheiny II. (1875–1955) (m.) Fanny Alder Nelly-Helen Schmidheiny Peter Schmidheiny (1908–2001) Marianne Schmidheiny Ursula Schmidheiny
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