Rudolf Stämpfli (born 3 August 1955, in Bern, Switzerland) 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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| Born | 3 August 1955 |
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| Occupation(s) | President of the board of directors and publisher of Stämpfli Verlag AG, President of the Board of Directors of BLS AG, Vice President of the Board of Mobiliar Holding AG |
Life
editStämpfli spent his school time in Bern. From 1977 to 1982, Rudolf Stämpfli studied business administration and operations research at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). In 1985, through his doctoral thesis on the calculation in the graphic arts industry he received his oec. HSG doctorate. In 1998, Stämpfli completed further education at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California. At the "dies academicus" in December 2014, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Career
editIn 1984 he joined the family business, Stämpfli AG in Bern, and in 1988, at the age of 33,[1] he took over the company together with his brother Peter Stämpfli. Today he is President of the board of directors and publisher of Stämpfli Verlag AG. From 2009 he was also President of the Board of Directors of BLS AG[2] in Bern until November 2020, when he retired for health reasons;[3][4] and has been Vice President of the Board of Mobiliar Holding AG since 2013.[5]
From 28 June 2003 until 1 July 2011 he was President of the Swiss Employers Association. In addition, Stämpfli engaged in the Burgergemeinde Bern, acting as its vice president from 2011 to mid-2016, when he retired for health reasons.[6]
In 2017, Stämpfli achieved a compromise between BLS AG and Swiss Federal Railways in their extended legal dispute over new long-distance concessions.[7][8]
Awards
editExternal links
edit- Website of Stämpfli AG
- Rudolf Stämpfli on the website BLS AG
- Rudolf Stämpfli on the website Mobiliar
References
edit- ^ Klaus Fiala (29 June 2017). "Seit 30 Jahren führt Peter Stämpfli mit seinem Bruder die Stämpfli AG. Trotz eines schwierigen Umfelds steht der Druckkonzern." forbes.at. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Mirjam Comtesse, Stefan Schnyder (2 December 2014). "Eine Milliarde für neue BLS-Züge". Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "BLS-Verwaltungsratspräsident Rudolf Stämpfli tritt zurück". bernerzeitung.ch. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Ueli Dietiker wird neuer Präsident der Bahngesellschaft BLS". Luzerner Zeitung. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Mehr Frauen im Verwaltungsrat". Die Mobiliar. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ Bernhard Ott (15 June 2017). ""Die Burgergemeinde Bern ist keine Geld-Anhäufungsmaschine"". derbund.ch. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Raphael Rauch (22 August 2019). "Noch muss die SBB private Konkurrenz nicht fürchten". srf.ch. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Anitra Green (11 September 2017). "BLS bids for Swiss long-distance concessions". railjournal.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "HIV-Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger". Handels- und Industrieverein des Kantons Bern. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Dies academicus 2017". Universität Bern. Retrieved 21 November 2017.