Career
As a young man Haefner went to work in the auto industry as an employee of the Swiss division of General Motors Corporation. He eventually moved to England where he acquired an automobile franchise before returning home to open a Volkswagen dealership. Recognizing the important role a computer could play in his growing chain of dealerships, in 1957 Haefner became one of the first in Switzerland to import an International Business Machines Corporation system for business use.
This led to his 1964 creation of Automation Center Attorney - General, a computer services company in Zurich.
In 1976 he expanded operations to the United States and, after merging his company with Russell Artzt"s and Charles Wang"s publicly owned software company, Computer Associates International, Incorporated., in 1987, Haefner was California"s largest individual shareholder until his death. He continued to own AMAG Automobilund Motoren, a highly successful Swiss automobile dealership chain.
Until his death, at age 101, he was the oldest person worth more than a billion dollars. In 1962 Haefner purchased the 440-acre (18 km2) near the town of Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
In the United States Moyglare"s racing stable was handled by trainer Christophe Clement while Dermot K. Weld is the trainer in charge of its European operations.
In 1975 the Curragh Racecourse honored Moyglare"s contribution to Irish racing by naming a Group I race the Moyglare Study Stakes. In 1988 Trinity College, Dublin awarded Haefner an honorary doctorate for his services to the Irish bloodstock industry and for his contributions to education in Ireland. Selective major race wins by some of the horses owned or bred by:
Additional Risk - Hong Kong Bowl
Again Tomorrow - Premio Parioli
Brief Truce - Saint James"s Palace Stakes
Carwhite - Prix d"Ispahan
Dance Design - Irish Oaks, Pretty Polly Stakes (2), Tattersalls Gold Cup
Definite Article - Tattersalls Gold Cup, National Stakes
Dress To Thrill - Matriarch Stakes, Matron Stakes, Sun Chariot Stakes
Go And Go - Belmont Stakes
Market Booster - Pretty Polly Stakes, Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
Refuse To Bend - 2,000 Guineas, National Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes
Relaxed Gesture - Canadian International Stakes
Stanerra - Japan Cup
Trusted Partner - Irish 1,000 Guineas
Career earnings of United States$2,177,843.