How was your passion for art born?
My passion awoke when I was a student in Paris at the age of 22 and when a friend showed me posters in his loft. I then travelled to NY for studies, Mexico, Japan and many asian countries. There I was fascinated by their art and by the temples of Angkor Wat from where I bought reliefs of the tempel Walls. Back home I started visiting galleries and collected 30 years Swiss Artists for me and for my companies. Collecting and Art was a balance to my professional life. I had to live somehow in a different world.
You were a very successful entrepreneur, how and when did you decide to leave?
After 30 years of being president of many companies I introduced two of them to the stock market. This was the moment that I decided to retire from business at the age of 54 and to start a “new” life. The sale of my shares allowed me to collect internationally at the higher end and to establish my Humanitarian Foundation, which has been involved since 1988, in about 40 Charity Projects. I established my Humanitarian Foundation in 1988, thirty years ago. Having seen the tragedies in emerging countries and the corruption which went with it, I concluded that giving the younger generation professional education and perspectives of earning money for themselves and for their families was the best way of helping these people.
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