Urs Schwarzenbach

Urs Schwarzenbach

Urs Schwarzenbach is a Swiss-born financier based in the United Kingdom.

Schwarzenbach set up Interexchange, the largest foreign exchange dealership in Switzerland. Through its success, he has bought £30m of property in the UK, convert|123000|acre|km2|-1 in Australia, £17m of assets in the aviation field and the Grand Hotel Dolder in Zürich. He has his own polo team, the Black Bears.

He personally backed the racing-themed restaurant Café Grand Prix in Mayfair, London, but this went into liquidation in 2004.

Schwarzenbach lives in Shiplake near Henley-on-Thames and sponsored the rowing gallery of the River and Rowing Museum in Henley, which is named after him. He also owns an estate in Scotland.

In 2005, he was estimated to be worth around £900m.

According to the Times Rich List 2008 - Urs Schwarzenbach is ranked 88 and is worth circa £842 Million.

See also

* Sunday Times Rich List

External links

* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,37781,00.html Rich List entry] , Sunday Times, 2005
* [http://www.doldergrand.ch/ Dolder Grand Hotel] , Zürich, Switzerland
* [http://www.febc.co.uk/Cafe%20Grand%20Prix.htm Cafe Grand Prix Complex] , Mayfair, London


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