Background
Wyss, Hansjörg was born in 1935 in Bern, Switzerland.
Wyss, Hansjörg was born in 1935 in Bern, Switzerland.
Master of Science in Civil and Structural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1959. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University Business School, Massachusetts, 1965. Doctor (honorary), University Basel, Switzerland, 2004.
Doctor (honorary), Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, 2005. Doctor in Engineering (honorary), Clemson University, South Carolina, 2009.
Plant engineer Chrysler Corporation, Pakistan, Turkey, Philippines. Assistant to the president Burlington International. President, managing director Schappe-Burlington AG.
Director Monsanto Europe SA. President, Chief Executive Officer Synthes, Inc., 1977—2007, chairman of board, since 1999. Owner Halter Ranch Vineyard, Paso Robles, California, since 2000.
Co-founder, honorary member Association for the Study of Internal Fixation/ASIF Foundation, since 1984. Founder The Wyss Foundation.