Max Schmidheiny

Max Schmidheiny (3 April 1908 – 19 August 1991) was a Swiss industrialist, politician and philanthropist who founded the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.^[1] He also served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1959 to 1963 and previously on the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen between 1948 and 1958 for the Free Democratic Party.^[2]

Max Schmidheiny
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Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
In office 7 December 1959 – 1 December 1963
Constituency	Canton of St. Gallen
Member of the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen
In office 1948–1958
Personal details
Born	Max Schmidheiny (1908-04-03)3 April 1908 Castle Heerbrugg, Balgach, Switzerland
Died	19 August 1991(1991-08-19) (aged 83) Altstätten, Switzerland
Spouse	Adda Scherrer ​ ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	4, including Thomas and Stephan

In 1984, he divided the family construction materials empire between his sons, with Thomas Schmidheiny inheriting Holcim (the concrete and cement company) and Stephan Schmidheiny the construction company Eternit.^[3]