64 Notable alumni of University of St. Gallen

Updated: June 06, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of St. Gallen is 667st in the world, 1st in North America, and 9st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 64 notable alumni from University of St. Gallen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of St. Gallen won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Kristian Widmer

1. Kristian Widmer

1967-. (aged 59)
film producer
Kristian Widmer is a Swiss entrepreneur, film producer, and television producer.
Bastiaan Quast

2. Bastiaan Quast

economist
Bastiaan Quast is a Dutch-Swiss Machine learning researcher. He is the author and lead maintainer of the open-source rnn and transformer deep-learning frameworks in the R programming language, and the datasets.load GUI package, as well as R packages on Global Value Chain decomposition & WIOD and on Regression Discontinuity Design. Quast is a great-great-grandson of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate...
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Hanny Thalmann

3. Hanny Thalmann

1912-2000 (aged 88)
politician
Hanny Johanna Hermina Thalmann was a Swiss women's rights activist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in 1971.
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Peter W. Heller

4. Peter W. Heller

1957-. (aged 69)
environmental scientist
Peter W. Heller is a former deputy mayor of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, economist, investor and venture philanthropist.
Christoffel Brändli

5. Christoffel Brändli

1943-. (aged 83)
politician economist
Christoffel Brändli is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Council of States from 1995 to 2011. He was a member of the Swiss People's Party. He served as the President of the Council of States for the 2007–08 term.
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Ernst Jakob Homberger

6. Ernst Jakob Homberger

1869-1955 (aged 86)
industrialist watchmaker
Ernst Jakob Homberger was a Swiss industrialist. He was the director of the industrial company Georg Fischer from 1902 and the director of the watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen from 1905.
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Rudolf Stämpfli

7. Rudolf Stämpfli

1955-. (aged 71)
printer publisher entrepreneur
Rudolf Stämpfli 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 Stämpfli AG in Bern.
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Matteo Badilatti

8. Matteo Badilatti

1992-. (aged 34)
sport cyclist
Matteo Badilatti is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España, where he finished 110th overall.
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Mauro Pedrazzini

9. Mauro Pedrazzini

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Mauro Pedrazzini is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as Minister of Social Affairs in the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021.
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Michael E. Dreher

10. Michael E. Dreher

1944-2023 (aged 79)
politician
Michael E. Dreher was a Swiss right-wing politician, and founder of the Freedom Party of Switzerland (originally "Motorist Party", German: Auto-Partei). He held an MBA from University of St. Gallen and was an MP from 1987 to 1999.
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Reinhard Schneider

11. Reinhard Schneider

1968-. (aged 58)
businessperson executive
Reinhard Schneider is a German business administrator and managing director of the Mainz-based family company Werner & Mertz, which is best known for its Frosch brand. In this position, he focused the company’s sustainability strategy and advocates greater commitment from the business community to climate and environmental protection. Schneider is holder of the German Environmental Prize 2019.
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Stefan Schmittmann

12. Stefan Schmittmann

1956-. (aged 70)
businessperson banker
Stefan Schmittmann is a German manager. He has been chairman of the supervisory board of Commerzbank since May 2018.
Judith Bellaïche

13. Judith Bellaïche

1971-. (aged 55)
entrepreneur politician
Judith Sarah Jäger Bellaiche is a Swiss lawyer, Green Liberal Party politician who served as a member of the National Council from 2019 to 2023. She is the managing director of Swico trade association.
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Yves Rüedi

14. Yves Rüedi

1976-. (aged 50)
jurist lawyer judge
Yves Rüedi is a Judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Brenda Mäder

15. Brenda Mäder

1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Brenda Mäder is a Swiss politician (FDP), formerly President of the Young Liberals (Switzerland)
Elmar Ledergerber

16. Elmar Ledergerber

1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Elmar Ledergerber is a former Mayor of Zurich. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and was once named one of the most outstanding mayors of the year by a London think-tank. However he has also been criticized for not seeing through projects. He is currently active in promoting tourism to Zurich.
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Thomas Zwiefelhofer

17. Thomas Zwiefelhofer

1969-. (aged 57)
architect jurist politician
Thomas Zwiefelhofer is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2017, under the government of Adrian Hasler. Since 2021, he has been the president of the Patriotic Union.
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Martin Schmid

18. Martin Schmid

1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer politician
Martin Schmid is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Council of States.
Oswald Sigg

19. Oswald Sigg

1944-. (aged 82)
journalist
Oswald Sigg is a Swiss journalist. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council. He served as Spokesman until his retirement on 31 March 2009.
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Peter Wuffli

20. Peter Wuffli

1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson
Peter A. Wuffli is a Swiss businessman who was appointed president and chief executive officer of UBS AG in December 2001 after having been chief executive of UBS Asset Management and the company's chief financial officer.
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Bruno Zuppiger

21. Bruno Zuppiger

1952-2016 (aged 64)
politician economist
Bruno Zuppiger was a Swiss management consultant and politician. A member of the conservative Swiss People's Party, he served on the Swiss National Council representing the Canton of Zürich.
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Rainer-Marc Frey

22. Rainer-Marc Frey

1963-. (aged 63)
banker
Rainer-Marc Frey is a Swiss businessman and investor. He is active in the Swiss financial services sector and the international hedge fund industry.
Peer M. Schatz

23. Peer M. Schatz

1965-. (aged 61)
manager
Peer M. Schatz is a Swiss and Austrian entrepreneur and executive in the life sciences. He was the chief executive officer of QIAGEN N.V. from 2004 to 2019.
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Yves Daccord

24. Yves Daccord

1964-. (aged 62)
journalist executive chairperson
Yves Daccord, is a humanitarian leader, international strategist, influencer and changemaker. From 2010 – March 2020, Yves was Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a global humanitarian organization employing 20,000 staff. A former journalist, TV producer and international relations expert, his ICRC career spanned more than two decades in a variety of posts and challenging contexts...
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Erik Reinert

25. Erik Reinert

1949-. (aged 77)
economic historian economist university teacher
Erik Steenfeldt Reinert is a Norwegian economist, with development economics, economic history and history of economic policy as his specialties.
Ruedi Noser

26. Ruedi Noser

1961-. (aged 65)
electrical engineer entrepreneur politician
Rudolf "Ruedi" Noser is a Swiss businessman and politician who served on the Council of States (Switzerland) for The Liberals from 2015 to 2023. He previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2003 to 2015.
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Georges Kern

27. Georges Kern

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson
Georges Kern is a German-Swiss entrepreneur, who has been CEO of Swiss watchmaker Breitling since 2017. He studied Political Science in Strasbourg, France, and graduated in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Dieter von Holtzbrinck

28. Dieter von Holtzbrinck

1941-. (aged 85)
publisher
Dieter von Holtzbrinck is one of the heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire, founded by his father Georg von Holtzbrinck (1909–1983) in 1948. In 2006, his wealth was estimated at around US$1 billion.
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Arnold Koller

29. Arnold Koller

1933-. (aged 93)
university teacher politician
Arnold Koller is a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council from 1987 to 1999 for the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). Koller previously served as a member of the National Council from 1971 to 1986. He did also serve two terms of the as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1990 and 1997....
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Klaus Tschütscher

30. Klaus Tschütscher

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Klaus Tschütscher is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2005 to 2009, under the government of Otmar Hasler.
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Michael Ringier

31. Michael Ringier

1949-. (aged 77)
collector publisher
Michael Ringier is a Swiss businessman, publisher and art collector. He has served as chairman of the board of directors of Ringier, a leading Swiss media company, since 2003. He is a prominent member of the Ringier family.
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Walter Kielholz

32. Walter Kielholz

1951-. (aged 75)
manager
Walter Bruno Kielholz was chairman of the board of directors and former CEO of Swiss Re.
Urs Lehmann

33. Urs Lehmann

1969-. (aged 57)
alpine skier sports executive
Urs Lehmann is a Swiss former alpine skier, world champion, president of the Swiss Ski Federation, CEO of the Similisan Group and candidate for the FIS presidency.
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Ankita Makwana

34. Ankita Makwana

1991-. (aged 35)
actor motivational speaker model
Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever. She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.
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Theodor Weimer

35. Theodor Weimer

1959-. (aged 67)
chief executive officer business consultant manager
Theodor Weimer is a German manager who served as CEO of Deutsche Börse AG from 2018 to 2024. Prior to that, he was spokesman of the management board of Unicredit Bank AG (Germany) – known under the brand name HypoVereinsbank – from January 2009 to the end of 2017 and in this capacity he was also a member of the...
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Sam Hinds

36. Sam Hinds

1943-. (aged 83)
politician
Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds is a Guyanese politician who was Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously from 1992 to 2015. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence (O.E.) in 2011.
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Ulrich Körner

37. Ulrich Körner

1962-. (aged 64)
chief executive officer economist
Ulrich Körner is a German-Swiss business executive. In March 2021, he was named CEO Asset Management of Credit Suisse until July 2022, when he was appointed CEO of Credit Suisse AG.
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Peter Fankhauser

38. Peter Fankhauser

1960-. (aged 66)
business executive
Peter Fankhauser is a Swiss businessman, who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Thomas Cook Group from 2014 until its collapse in 2019.
Fredmund Malik

39. Fredmund Malik

1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher economist
Fredmund Malik is an Austrian economist with focus on management science and the founder and chairman of a management consultancy (Malik Management) in St. Gallen.
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André Hoffmann

40. André Hoffmann

1958-. (aged 68)
economist
André Hoffmann is a Swiss billionaire businessman, environmentalist and philanthropist.
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher

41. Magdalena Martullo-Blocher

1969-. (aged 57)
entrepreneur politician
Magdalena Martullo stylized as Magdalena Martullo-Blocher is a Swiss businesswoman and politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2015. Since 2018, she also serves on the executive committee of the Swiss People's Party.
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Adrian Hasler

42. Adrian Hasler

1964-. (aged 62)
economist businessperson politician
Adrian Hasler is an economist and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021. He previously served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2004.
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Othmar Karas

43. Othmar Karas

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Othmar Karas is an Austrian politician who served as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since January 2022, having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which in turn affiliates with the European People's Party.
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Peter Spuhler

44. Peter Spuhler

1959-. (aged 67)
ice hockey player entrepreneur politician
Peter Christoph Spuhler is a Swiss business magnate, industrialist and politician who most notably served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1999 to 2012 for the Swiss People's Party.
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Nick Hayek

45. Nick Hayek

1954-. (aged 72)
entrepreneur
Georges Nicolas Hayek Jr. is a Swiss businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Swiss-based Swatch Group.
Roger Schawinski

46. Roger Schawinski

1945-. (aged 81)
author journalist television presenter radio personality
Roger Schawinski is a Swiss businessman, media pioneer and journalist who is primarily known for creating the Swiss consumer watchdog program Kassensturz (English: "cash check"), founding several private TV and radio stations (namely TeleZüri and Tele24) as well as developing German-speaking Sat 1 TV station.
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Hans-Rudolf Merz

47. Hans-Rudolf Merz

1942-. (aged 84)
politician economist
Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician who served as President of Switzerland in 2009. He concurrently served as a member of the Federal Council from 2004 to 2010 for the Free Democratic Party (since 2009 The Liberals).
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Daniel Jositsch

48. Daniel Jositsch

1965-. (aged 61)
university teacher lawyer politician
Daniel Reuwen Jositsch is a Swiss attorney and politician who currently serves on the Council of States for the Social Democratic Party representing the Canton of Zürich since 2015. He previously served on the National Council from 2007 to 2015. He briefly served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich before resigning from the post in the fall of 2007. In...
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Rolf Dobelli

49. Rolf Dobelli

1966-. (aged 60)
writer merchant novelist entrepreneur
Rolf Dobelli born in Luzern, Switzerland, is a Swiss author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of World.minds. He writes books on decision-making and critical thinking.
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Paul Achleitner

50. Paul Achleitner

1956-. (aged 70)
business consultant bank manager entrepreneur university teacher
Paul M. Achleitner is an Austrian businessman who served as chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2022.
Jacqueline Badran

51. Jacqueline Badran

1961-. (aged 65)
entrepreneur politician
Jacqueline "Jackie" Badran is a Swiss businesswoman and politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) since 2011. Since 2020, she concurrently serves as vice president of the Social Democratic Party.
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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

52. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

1978-. (aged 48)
businessperson politician
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as the leader of the Future Forward Party from 2018 to 2020. From 2002 to 2018, he was the vice president of the Thai Summit Group, Thailand's largest auto parts manufacturer.
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Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este

53. Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este

1955-. (aged 71)
banker
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este is a member of the Belgian royal family as the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium. He is the head of the House of Austria-Este, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; he has held this position since 1996. He is a grandson of Emperor Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor...
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Josef Ackermann

54. Josef Ackermann

1948-. (aged 78)
banker university teacher chairman of the executive board entrepreneur bank manager
Josef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
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Ulf Mark Schneider

55. Ulf Mark Schneider

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson
Ulf Mark Schneider is a German-American businessman. He was CEO of Nestlé from January 2017 to August 2024, and before that, CEO of the healthcare group Fresenius SE.
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Christoph Heusgen

56. Christoph Heusgen

1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
Christoph Heusgen is a German diplomat who has served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference from 2022 to 2025, to be succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg.
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Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

57. Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

1945-. (aged 81)
monarch aristocrat art collector business manager
Hans-Adam II is the Prince of Liechtenstein, reigning since 1989. As a member of the Liechtenstein princely family, he also holds the title of Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietberg.
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Ola Källenius

58. Ola Källenius

1969-. (aged 57)
businessperson manager
Sten Ola Källenius is a Swedish-German business executive. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO of the Mercedes-Benz Group. Källenius was the first non-German to hold both positions prior to obtaining German citizenship.
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Katrin Eggenberger

59. Katrin Eggenberger

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Katrin Eggenberger is a Swiss-Liechtensteiner academic and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein from November 2019 to March 2021.
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Lars Feld

60. Lars Feld

1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher economist
Lars Peter Feld is a German economist who currently serves as director of the Walter Eucken Institut and as Professor for Economic Policy at the University of Freiburg. From 2020 to 2021 he also chaired the German Council of Economic Experts. Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner made Feld his personal economic policy advisor in February 2022.
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Thomas Buberl

61. Thomas Buberl

1973-. (aged 53)
businessperson
Thomas Buberl is a German businessman who has been the CEO of Axa since 2016.
Margret Suckale

62. Margret Suckale

1956-. (aged 70)
business executive
Margret Suckale is a German manager and lawyer best known for her work as a member of the board of Deutsche Bahn AG.
Valerie Hackl

63. Valerie Hackl

1982-. (aged 44)
athlete politician manager
Valerie Hackl is an Austrian businesswoman and the managing director of Austro Control. In 2019, she briefly served as minister of infrastructure.
Hartwig Löger

64. Hartwig Löger

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson politician
Hartwig Löger is an Austrian politician and former business executive who served as minister of finance from 2017 to 2019. From 2011 to 2017 he was chief executive officer of UNIQA Austria. On 22 May 2019, following the Ibiza affair, he was named vice chancellor, and on 28 May 2019, he was sworn in as acting chancellor after Austria's first...
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