Urs Schwarzenbach
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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, 123,000 acres (500 km²) 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.
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[edit] External links
- Rich List entry, Sunday Times, 2005
- Dolder Grand Hotel, Zürich, Switzerland
- Cafe Grand Prix Complex, Mayfair, London
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