Background
Fahrni, Fritz was born on September 7, 1942 in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.
Fahrni, Fritz was born on September 7, 1942 in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.
DiplIng, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970. ISMP, Harvard Business School, 1981.
Researcher, scientist SFIT/Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Switzerland, 1967, IIT/National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967-1970. Head Research and Development team Ciba-Geigy Photochemistry, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1971-1976. Head Research and Development Sulzer Gas Turbines, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1977-1979, head division Switzerland, 1980-1982, vice president textile machinery group Switzerland, 1983-1987, president, Chief Executive Officer Switzerland, 1988-1999.
Professor, chairman board Institute for Technology Management, University St. Gallen, and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, since 2000. Chairman board LEM, Geneva, since 2000, SAM Private Equity, Zurich. Board directors Ammann Industries, Langenthal.
Colonel Swiss Army, to 1997.
Married Maria Steiner. Children: Elisabeth, Jennifer.