| Alfred Gantner | |
| Birth Name: | Alfred Gantner |
| Birth Place: | Baden, Aargau, Switzerland |
| Known For: | Co-founder, Partners Group |
| Spouse: | Cornelia Gantner |
| Children: | 5 |
Alfred Gantner[1] also known as Fredy Gantner (born 1968) is a Swiss billionaire, businessman and political activist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Partners Group, a global private equity firm, with $135 billion in assets under management.[2] [3] Gantner owns about 5% of controlling interest and currently is on the board of directors.[4] [5]
He is currently also the chairman of PG3 AG,[6] the founders private multi-family office in Steinhausen, Switzerland.[6] He is a member of the National Advisory Council of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah since 2003.[7] As of February 2023, his net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes.[8]
Gantner completed a banking apprenticeship at the former UBS subsidiary Cantrade Privatbank.[9] He holds an MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management in Utah, United States.[10] After his studies in the U.S., he completed internships at Bankers Trust and at Goldman Sachs.[11] [12]
In 1996, he founded Partners Group together with Marcel Erni and Urs Wietlisbach, whom he had previously met at Goldman Sachs.[13] [14] Gantner was its CEO between 1996 and 2005, and its chairman of the board of directors between 2005 and 2014. In the meantime, he is a simple member of the board of directors and still holds 5.01% of the shares of Partners Group Holding AG, according to the company.[15]
In December 2022, Gantner became chairman of Breitling SA.[16] [17]
In 2020, it became known that Gantner would become involved against the EU-Switzerland framework agreement.[18] Together with his co-founders at Partners Group, he built up a network of over a hundred entrepreneurs, which, under the name Kompass/Europa, is opposed to the signing of the agreement and in favor of maintaining the current cooperation.[19]
Gantner is non-partisan. After short-term plans to become politically active in the FDP in 2011, he now says he is closest to the CVP.[20]
In 2002, Gantner became involved in public relations for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Switzerland, together with Winterthur entrepreneur Mark Prohaska.
Gantner is married to journalist Cornelia Gantner.[21] He has five children.
He comes from a Protestant family, but converted at the age of 23 and has been a member of the Mormons ever since. He also served as pastor and bishop of Richterswil for that church for six years.[22] His Compass Switzerland network also includes other members of the church, some of whom are leaders.