Background
Schwarz, Gerhard E. was born on April 19, 1951 in Hard, Vorarlberg, Austria. Son of Alois and Herma (Gasser) Schwarz. arrived in Switzerland, 1969.
Schwarz, Gerhard E. was born on April 19, 1951 in Hard, Vorarlberg, Austria. Son of Alois and Herma (Gasser) Schwarz. arrived in Switzerland, 1969.
License oeconomicarum, University St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1973. Doctor oeconomicarum, University St. Gallen, 1980. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1996.
Teaching assistant, U. St. Gallen, 1973-1979; marketing researcher, Hilti AG, Liechtenstein, 1980; journalist, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, Switzerland, 1981-1982; correspondent, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Paris, 1983-1986; economics editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 1987-1993; head economics and business section, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, since 1994. Lecturer U. Zürich, Switzerland, since 1989.
Member Mont Pelerin Society, American Economic Association, Friedrich-August-von-Hayek Association (president), Progress Foundation (board directors), St. Gallen Foundation International Studies (board directors), Swiss Institute International Studies (board directors), International Institute Austrian Economics, Liberales Institute (board directors), Schweizer Monatshefle (board directors).
Married Doris Dürrenberger, March 1978. Children: Christina, Claudia, Kathrin.