Ruedi Noser
Member of the Council of States
In office
8 December 2015 – 3 December 2023
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
1 December 2003 – 7 December 2015
Personal details
Born (1961-04-14) 14 April 1961 (age 62)
Glarus, Switzerland
ResidenceZürich
Alma mater
OccupationSwiss businessman and politician (FDP.The Liberals)

Rudolf "Ruedi" Noser (born 14 April 1961) is a Swiss businessman and politician. Between 2003 and 2015, he served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for The Liberals. In the 2015 Swiss federal election, Noser was elected into the Council of States and assumed office on 8 December 2015, which he held until December 2023.[1] He is the sole owner of Noser Group, a diversified software company, which he founded. Noser has an estimated net worth of CHF 50 million (equivalent to $55 million in 2023) estimated by Bilanz magazine.[2]

Early life and education

Noser was born 14 April 1961 in Glarus, Switzerland. His father Meinrad Noser (1921-1997) was a trained car mechanic.[3] From 1978 to 1982, Noser completed an apprenticeship as a mechanic at Rieter in Winterthur. He then studied at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil and graduated in 1985 as an electrical engineer. Later he continued his education at the University of St. Gallen (HSG)[4] in Business Management and at the University of Zurich in Business Administration.

Professional career

Together with his brother, he set up a software company.[5] In 1988, Ruedi Noser co-owned Noser AG (development of measurement and control technology) in Winterthur, which was restructured a year later to the Noser Group. Since 1996, he is the sole owner of the group. The Noser Group (Noser Management AG)[6] includes several companies in Switzerland, Germany and Canada with a total of around 600 employees. The group competence lies in the area of telecommunications and computer science. Noser serves on the Board of Directors of Noser Management AG.[7] From December 2006 to May 2008 he was chairman of the board of directors of Esmertec AG (now known as Myriad Group).[8]

From 2000 to 2006, Noser was the Central President of Swiss Engineering. Since 2006 he is member of the board of ICTswitzerland and since 2009 president of the umbrella organization of the ICT industry. He is also a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Computer Science of ETH Zurich and a member of the board of Economiesuisse and the Zurich Chamber of Commerce.[9][10][11]

Noser has been a member of the Board of Directors of AMC International Alfa Metalcraft since July 2012, and vice president since September 2016.[12] He has been on the Board of Directors of natürli zürioberland ag, Bauma since July 2012 and President since October 2018.[13]

On 29 October 2018, Noser was elected to the Board of Directors of Crealogix Holding AG.[14][15]

Noser has also been on of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Asset Management AG since 2017[16][17] and the President of the Board of Directors of Bucher + Suter Inc. (Noser Group) in Boston.[18]

Politics

From 1997 to 2004, Noser was board member of the FDP Canton Zurich, from 2000 to 2003 he was also vice president and from 2003 to 2004 president ad interim of the Cantonal party. He waived a candidacy for the presidium of the FDP Canton of Zurich. From 1999 to 2009 he was also a member of the executive board of the FDP Switzerland (now FDP.The Liberals) and from 2003 to 2009 vice-president of the national party.

In the 1999–2003 parliamentary term, Ruedi Noser sat on the canton council for the Zurich FDP and between 2003 and 2015 as a representative of the FDP Canton of Zurich in the National Council. On 22 November 2015, he was elected to the Council of States as a representative of the Canton of Zurich.[18] He was reelected in on November 17, 2019.[19] He did not stand again in the elections to the Council of States in October 2023.[20][21]

He became a co-founder and core member of the parliamentary group "ePower" in 2005.[22]

Since 2011, Noser has been Vice President of the parliamentary group "Fiber Optic Network Switzerland" and since 2012, President of the Economic and Monetary Policy Working Group.[23]

Personal life

Noser is divorced and has five children.[24] He is in a relationship and resides in Wetzikon near Zurich.[25]

References

  1. ^ Das Schweizer Parlament. "Ruedi Noser". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Das sind die reichsten Parlamentarier". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 - What Council of States Ruedi Noser learned from his father". 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "53 Notable alumni of University of St. Gallen". EduRank. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ Luzi Bernet, Jan Hudec (25 August 2015). "Je ideologischer man an eine Sache herangeht, desto teurer wird es". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Noser Management AG". Handelsregisteramt des Kantons Zürich. 6 August 1990. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Verwaltungsrat Noser Group". Noser Group. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Myriad Group AG - Früheres Management". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Industrial Advisory Board". Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Economiesuisse nimmt Tochter von brasilianischem Bergbauriesen auf". Tages-Anzeiger. Tages Anzeiger. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Vorstand". Züricher Handelskammer. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  12. ^ "AMC International Alfa Metalcraft Corporation AG". Businessmonitor. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  13. ^ "natürli zürioberland ag". Businessmonitor. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  14. ^ Jens Stark (30 October 2018). "Noser wird Crealogix-Verwaltungsrat". Computerworld. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Chair change at CREALOGIX: Ruedi Noser completes Board of Directors". Bloomberg. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  16. ^ Michael Heim (28 February 2017). "Pfister und Noser neu bei der Credit Suisse". Handelszeitung. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  17. ^ Peter Aeschlimann (26 March 2023). "FDP-Ständerat Ruedi Noser verteidigt Boni". Blick. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  18. ^ a b Das Schweizer Parlament. "Ruedi Noser". Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  19. ^ Christoph Brunner (17 November 2019). "Zürich: Ruedi Noser setzt sich durch". SRF. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  20. ^ Dominik Steiner (10 October 2023). "Nach Rücktritt – grosser Andrang auf den zweiten Ständeratssitz". SRF. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  21. ^ Angela Barandun, Daniel Schneebeli (22 September 2023). "«Damals war einfach alles zu viel für mich»". Tagesanzeiger. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  22. ^ Maurizio Minetti (27 May 2008). "ePower lobbyierte heftig". Inside It. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Ständerat". Ruedi Noser. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  24. ^ ""Ich stehe zu meinen Fehlern"". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Rudolf Noser in Wetzikon from Glarus Nord". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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