Urs Schwarzenbach

Urs Schwarzenbach
CStJ
Born
Urs Ernst Schwarzenbach

(1948-09-17) 17 September 1948 (age 76)
Thalwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • trader
  • financier
  • art collector
SpouseFrancesca Mulhall
Children2
RelativesClifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley (son-in-law)

Urs Ernst Schwarzenbach, CStJ (born 17 September 1948[1]) is a Swiss billionaire, financier and art collector. He is the founder of Interexchange, the largest foreign exchange agency, in Switzerland.[2][3] His fortune is estimated between 1.5 to 2 billion Swiss Francs as of 2022 by Handelszeitung.[4][5]

Schwarzenbach was a long-time resident of Aston, Berkshire, where he owned Culham Court.[6][7] He moved back to Switzerland, where he currently resides in Küsnacht on Lake Zurich.[8][9]

Most recently he was sentenced by Swiss courts for importing 83 art pieces without customs clearance into Switzerland. He was fined 6 million Swiss Francs.[10][11] In 2022, he was ordered by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland to pay 160 million Swiss Francs in back taxes.[12][13] Early life and education

Schwarzenbach was born 17 September 1948 in Thalwil on Lake Zürich, to Heinrich Ernst Schwarzenbach (1916-2013), a print shop owner, who was known by his second first name Ernst.[14][15] He had a modest upbringing in a working class family. He is very distantly related to the silk manufacturing branch of the Schwarzenbach family.[16]

  1. ^ Stefan Lüscher: Der Hexer von Hambleden. In: Bilanz 7/2008, S. 38.
  2. ^ "Urs Schwarzenbach: the private currency trader with Swiss tax authorities on his case". inkl. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Urs Schwarzenbach". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Bilanz 300 Reichste 2022: Urs Schwarzenbach | BILANZ". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  5. ^ Hässig, Lukas (13 May 2022). "Dolder-Milliardär Schwarzenbach verkaufte seine Gulfstream". Inside Paradeplatz (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ^ Harris, John. "Billionaire's new chapel unveiled". www.henleystandard.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Urs Schwarzenbach". www.ursschwarzenbach.crazybillionaire.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Brexit ist nicht der Grund: Milliardär Schwarzenbach verlegt Wohnsitz nach Küsnacht". Blick (in Swiss High German). 25 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Urs Ernst Schwarzenbach in Küsnacht". Moneyhouse (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Zürcher Gericht verurteilt Schwarzenbach zu Busse von 6 Millionen". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Mehrwertsteuer-Delikt: Hotel-Dolder-Besitzer Urs Schwarzenbach verliert erneut vor Gericht". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Aus dem Bundesgericht – Urs Schwarzenbach muss 160 Millionen Franken Steuern nachzahlen". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  13. ^ Flury, Reto. "Schmuggel, Steuern, Millionen – wie der Financier Urs E. Schwarzenbach ins Visier der Schweizer Behörden geriet | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  14. ^ Death notice of H. Ernst Schwarzenbach (1916-2013) https://www.todesanzeigenportal.ch/?5KFTzCMIgWS5wEeVKctbJ43sPJRuVKeOP6OCQ0LCALM1BYDY5jBsnSsAXfk728QDbW141f5ODdkY7DdUqHYfgTwr4pHiPqdZBShHKRJVAz7YAaIPP2hUkL7Vh2vyqUa1yXYoHPes7jUPksZ0i1ZSbZF7tEJ3wOet0A6i7GaI
  15. ^ "Currency trader Urs Schwarzenbach expands NSW farm holding". Propertyobserver.com.au. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  16. ^ Aeschbacher - Alexis Schwarzenbach - Play SRF. Retrieved 20 May 2024 – via www.srf.ch.