| Max Schmidheiny | |
| Office: | Member of the National Council (Switzerland) |
| Termstart: | 7 December 1959 |
| Termend: | 1 December 1963 |
| Constituency: | Canton of St. Gallen |
| Birth Name: | Max Schmidheiny |
| Birth Place: | Castle Heerbrugg, Balgach, Switzerland |
| Office2: | Member of the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen |
| Termstart2: | 1948 |
| Termend2: | 1958 |
| Children: | 4, including Thomas and Stephan |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1908 |
| Death Place: | Altstätten, Switzerland |
Max Schmidheiny (3 April 1908 – 19 August 1991) was a Swiss industrialist, politician and philanthropist who founded the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.[1] He also served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1959 to 1963 and previously on the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen between 1948 and 1958 for the Free Democratic Party.[2]
In 1984, he divided the family construction materials empire between his sons, with Thomas Schmidheiny inheriting Holcim (the concrete and cement company) and Stephan Schmidheiny the construction company Eternit.[3]