Nicolas Hayek
Swiss businessman (1928–2010)
Nicolas George Hayek (19 February 1928 – 28 June 2010) was a Lebanese-Swiss businessman, and the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group.2
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Born Feb 19, 1928, died Jun 28, 2010.1
Companies
- The Swatch GroupFounder15
- The Swatch GroupChief executive officer 1986 to 200315
- Société de Microélectronique et d'HorlogerieChief executive officer 1991 to 199816
Early life and education
- Date not recordedClaude Bernard University Lyon 13
Hayek was born the second of three children to a Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian family. His father trained as a dentist at Loyola University Chicago. He had an older sister, Mona, and a younger brother, Sam. Hayek studied at the University of Lyon.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.8
- 1991 to 1998Chief executive, Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie7
- 1986 to 2003Chief executive, The Swatch Group6
- Date not recordedFounded Swatch4
- Date not recordedFounded The Swatch Group5
Hayek worked as an actuary for Swiss Re, before briefly managing his ailing father-in-law's engineering company.
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Personal life
Hayek met Marianne Mezger, an au pair and the daughter of Swiss industrialist Eduard Mezger, in Beirut in 1950. They married in 1951 and moved to Switzerland. They had two children, Nayla and G. Nicolas "Nick" Jr. In 1964, the family moved to Meisterschwanden, a village west of Zürich. Hayek lived there for the rest of his life.
In the year of his death, 2010, Hayek had an estimated net worth of $3.9 billion.
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Awards
- 1996honorary doctor of the University of Neuchâtel12 13
- Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres12
- Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria12
- Date not recordedHonorary doctor of the University of Bologna12
- Date not recordedOfficer of the Legion of Honour12
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- 1WikidataNicolas Hayek on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNicolas Hayek on Wikipedia
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- 13Wikidataaward, as reported
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- 15WikidataThe Swatch Group, Founder
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- 17Wikimedia CommonsNicolas Hayek photo by Walter Rutishauser, CC BY-SA 4.0