Swiss Post

Swiss Post Ltd
Native name
(in German) Die Schweizerische Post AG
(in French) La Poste suisse SA
(in Italian) La Posta Svizzera SA
(in Romansh) La Posta Svizra SA
Company typeFully state-owned limited company (AG) regulated by public law
Industrypostal and telecommunications services Edit this on Wikidata
PredecessorSwiss PTT
Founded1849; 175 years ago (1849)
HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
Key people
Roberto Cirillo, CEO since 2019
ProductsMail
Revenue8,224 million CHF (2015)
Number of employees
ca. 54,000[1]
Websitepost.ch
Logo of Swiss Post between 1998 and 2023.

Swiss Post (French: La Poste suisse, Italian: La Posta Svizzera, German: Die Schweizerische Post, Romansh: La Posta Svizra) is the national postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation, it is the country's second largest employer[2] with about 54,000 employees.[1] The group is based in Bern[3][4] and has branches in 25 countries.[1] Roberto Cirillo is its CEO since April 2019.[5] In 2021, Swiss Post was ranked as the world's best by the Universal Postal Union for the fifth time in a row.[6] In December 2022, it was announced Swiss Post has acquired the St. Gallen-based sustainable packaging company, Kickbag GmbH.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Tresorit's majority of stakes acquired by Swiss Post". Tresorit Blog. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "A public-sector company". Swiss Post. Retrieved 16 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2009." Swiss Post. 224/244. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Swiss Post Viktoriastrasse 21 P.O. Box 3030 Berne Switzerland."
  4. ^ "Contact." Swiss Post. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Viktoriastrasse 21 3030 Bern."
  5. ^ "Nachfolger gefunden: Roberto Cirillo wird neuer Post-Chef". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Swiss Post tops international ranking". 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ Events, UKi Media & (20 December 2022). "Swiss Post acquires sustainable packaging company Kickbag". Parcel and Postal Technology International. Retrieved 20 December 2022.