Hansjoerg Wyss

Hansjoerg Wyss (#901)

Global Rank #901

Country Rank #17

Country Switzerland

Hansjoerg Wyss is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 5 B
Medical devices
Switzerland
M
91 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #901

Country Rank #17

Net Worth $4.7B

Previous Worth $4.7B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Switzerland

Industry Medical devices

Age 91 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Wilson, Wyoming

Citizenship Switzerland

World Billionaires List Switzerland Billionaires Medical devices

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 91

Source Of Wealth Medical devices, Self Made

Residence Wilson, Wyoming

Citizenship Switzerland

Marital Status Divorced

Children 1

Education Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Master of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $4.7B

Current Net Worth $4.7B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Hansjoerg Wyss' fortune stems from his 2012 sale of medical device manufacturer Synthes, which he founded, to Johnson & Johnson for $20.2 billion. He now holds stakes in publicly traded biotech company NovoCure and the Chelsea Football Club in the U.K. One of the most philanthropic people in the world, Wyss also has charitable foundations with assets of over $2 billion. He is a signatory of the Giving Pledge by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, which asks billionaires to commit to donating at least half of their fortunes to charity. In 2022, he pledged $350 million to the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, where he had already made pledges totaling $381 million since 2009. In 2018, Wyss' foundation pledged $1 billion for conservation efforts over a decade. It upped its pledge to $1.5 billion in 2021.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#908

Billionaires (2026)

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In 2014, Wyss pledged $120 million to two universities, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, to establish a center to accelerate medical breakthroughs.

Though he is a Swiss citizen, Wyss is a longtime Wyoming resident.

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Current Net Worth: $4.7B (May 4, 2026)