Background
Prince Stefan was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and grew up on the family estate in Rosegg, a Carinthian town close to the Slovenian border.
Prince Stefan was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and grew up on the family estate in Rosegg, a Carinthian town close to the Slovenian border.
University of Innsbruck.
Having attended school in Carinthia, Prince Stefan studied business administration at the University of Innsbruck. At the beginning of 1987, he received his master"s degree. From 1988 until 1991, he worked for the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich, and then for the USB in Frankfurt as director for investment banking until 1995.
Prince Stefan became Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Switzerland in June 2001.
He performed the function until the summer of 2007. In March 2007, he became Liechtenstein"s third Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany.
In 2008, German authorities accused Liechtenstein of using its status as tax haven to help tax evaders escape prosecution and paid for stolen information on hundreds of investors. We"re not going to change our whole legal system, a system which includes the protection of the privacy of our citizens.".
Prince Stefan defended his country"s policy, saying: "One can"t always assume that every customer who comes through the door is a criminal.