Alfred Gantner

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Alfred Gantner
Born
Alfred Gantner

1968 (age 56–57)
Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
OccupationsBusinessman, political activist, philanthropist
Known forCo-founder, Partners Group
Spouse
Cornelia Bose
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(m. 1991)​
Children5

Alfred "Fredy" Gantner (born 1968) is a Swiss billionaire businessman, philanthropist and political activist.

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In 1996, aged 28, he co-founded Partners Group, a multinational private equity firm, with $152 billion in assets under management (2025). [1] Gantner owns about 5% of controlling interest and currently is on the board of directors. [2] [3] He also chairs PG3 Ltd., the private multi-family office of the founders of Partners Group. [4] [4]

He is a member of the National Advisory Council of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah since 2003. [5] As of February 2023, his net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes. [6]

Education and profession

Gantner completed a banking apprenticeship at the former UBS subsidiary Cantrade Privatbank. [7] He holds an MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management in Utah, United States. [8] After his studies in the U.S., he completed internships at Bankers Trust and at Goldman Sachs. [9] [10]

In 1996, he founded Partners Group together with Marcel Erni and Urs Wietlisbach, whom he had previously met at Goldman Sachs. [11] [12] 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 [8] and still holds 5.01% of the shares of Partners Group Holding AG, according to the company. [13]

In December 2022, Gantner became chairman of Breitling SA. [14] [15]

Political involvement

In 2020, it became known that Gantner would become involved against the EU-Switzerland framework agreement. [16] 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. [17]

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. [18]

Personal life

In 1991, Gantner married Cornelia Bose (born 1972), [19] a Swiss citizen of partial Indian origin. [20] [21] They both studied at Brigham Young University and she became a documentary film maker and non profit executive. They have five children.

In 2002, Gantner became involved in public relations for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Switzerland, together with Winterthur entrepreneur Mark Prohaska. [7]

He comes from a Protestant family, but converted at the age of 23 and has been a member of the Mormons ever since. [7] 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. [22]

He is a resident of Meggen on Lake Lucerne. [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Partners Group reports AuM of USD 152 billion per end of 2024". www.partnersgroup.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Board of Directors". www.partnersgroup.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ↑ AG, DV Bern. "Partners Group Holding AG". Commercial register of canton Zug. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 AG, DV Bern. "PG3 AG". Commercial register of canton Zug. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "National Advisory Council - Alfred Gantner Jr. - BYU Marriott School of Business". marriott.byu.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Alfred Gantner". forbes.com. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Ueli Kneubühler (15 November 2012). "Machtnetz von Alfred Gantner: Der Geldvermehrer". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Verwaltungsrat". partnersgroup.com. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Holger Alich (18 September 2020). "Der Unternehmensgärtner". bazonline.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Alfred Gantner". rsc.byu.edu. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (25 March 2014). "Founders hand more independence to Partners Group". ft.com. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Partners Group Holding". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "Partners Group's founding partners close their five-year derivative transaction, reducing their PGHN shareholding to 5.01% each; substantial proceeds have been invested alongside clients". partnersgroup.com. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Steve Gelsi (23 December 2022). "Partners Group to become largest shareholder of Breitling watches". msn.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  15. ↑ Andrea Martel, Eflamm Mordrelle (23 December 2022). "Partners Group übernimmt die Mehrheit an der Uhrenmarke Breitling". Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  16. ↑ Holger Alich (18 January 2021). "Der Überzeugungstäter". bernerzeitung.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  17. ↑ Othmar von Matt (5 November 2021). "Neue Attacke gegen das Rahmenabkommen: Milliardenschwere Unternehmer nehmen den Kampf auf". zofingertagblatt.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  18. ↑ Philipp Albrecht (18 January 2021). "Fredys Albtraum". Republik. republik.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "Cornelia Gantner". swissfilms. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  20. ↑ Matt, Othmar von. "Erfolgsgeschichte - Mit Ikea-Möbeln und zwei Computern zu Milliarden: Drei Schweizer machten die Partners Group zum Weltkonzern". Luzerner Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "Alfred Gantner: Rasanter Aufstieg zum Anlageprofi". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  22. 1 2 Haymo Empl (6 September 2019). "Die Mormonen haben einen neuen Bischof". Luzerner Zeitung . Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  23. ↑ "Familie Gantner als Grundbesitzer in Meggen". Bilanz (in German). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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