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Johann Georg Wyss known as Hansjörg Wyss (born 19 September 1935) is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States. He is the founder and the former president and chairman of Synthes Holding AG , a medical device manufacturer.
1 day ago · Harvard University has received one of its largest private gifts in history - $350 million from billionaire entrepreneur Hansjörg Wyss, for the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired...
May 3, 2021 · Hansjörg Wyss, who recently dropped his bid to buy Tribune Publishing, has been a leading source of difficult-to-trace money to groups associated with Democrats.
Oct 20, 2022 · Hansjörg Wyss, entrepreneur and philanthropist, gives fourth major gift to Harvard University to support the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Credit: Wyss Foundation
Working for the Colorado Highway Department as a student in 1958, Hansjörg Wyss developed a lifelong love for America’s national parks and public lands. In particular, he grew to admire a uniquely American idea: that a nation’s iconic landscapes should be protected for everyone to experience and explore.
Jul 18, 2019 · In 1958, a Swiss student named Hansjörg Wyss boarded a propeller plane across the Atlantic to Denver, Colorado. Between his time hiking and climbing, Wyss fell in love with the landscapes of the American West.
Oct 20, 2022 · T he University announced this morning that Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65, has made a $350-million gift to support the research of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering—his fourth: a start-up gift of $125 million in 2008 (then the largest in Harvard history); a second , equal round in 2013; a $131-million boost in ...
