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.
1. Kristian Widmer
1967-. (aged 59)
film producer
Kristian Widmer is a Swiss entrepreneur, film producer, and television producer.
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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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14. Yves Rüedi
1976-. (aged 50)
jurist
lawyer
judge
Yves Rüedi is a Judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
15. Brenda Mäder
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Brenda Mäder is a Swiss politician (FDP), formerly President of the Young Liberals (Switzerland)
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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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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18. Martin Schmid
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Martin Schmid is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Council of States.
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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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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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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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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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32. Walter Kielholz
1951-. (aged 75)
manager
Walter Bruno Kielholz was chairman of the board of directors and former CEO of Swiss Re.
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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40. André Hoffmann
1958-. (aged 68)
economist
André Hoffmann is a Swiss billionaire businessman, environmentalist and philanthropist.
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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61. Thomas Buberl
1973-. (aged 53)
businessperson
Thomas Buberl is a German businessman who has been the CEO of Axa since 2016.
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.
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.
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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