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Hansjörg Wyss

Index Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss (born 19 September 1935) is a Swiss entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. [1]

82 relations: Africa, American City Business Journals, Amy Wyss, AO Foundation, Bainbridge Island Review, Bern, Billings Gazette, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg News, Bob Marshall (wilderness activist), Campus Biotech, Center for American Progress, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Chairman, Chief executive officer, Christoph Blocher, Chrysler, City of Brussels, Conservation (ethic), Conservatism in the United States, Constitutional Accountability Center, Environment & Energy Publishing, Environmental journalism, Environmental movement, Environmental protection, ETH Zurich, Europe, European Union, Financial News, Food and Drug Administration, Forbes, Geneva, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Health Leads, High Country News, HuffPost, Inside Philanthropy, John Podesta, Johnson & Johnson, KMSB, Marine conservation, Master of Business Administration, Medical device, National Conservation Area, National Monument (United States), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Orange County Register, Paso Robles, California, Philadelphia Media Network, ..., Philanthropy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Poaching, Postgraduate education, Presidency of Barack Obama, Progressivism, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Saguaro National Park, Science, Social justice, South America, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Sunset (magazine), Surveying, Swissinfo, Switzerland, Synthes, The Daily Caller, The Daily Telegraph, The Giving Pledge, The Guardian, The Tribune (San Luis Obispo), The Trust for Public Land, The Wilderness Society (United States), United States dollar, University of Zurich, Varietal, Western United States, Wilson, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Expand index (32 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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Amy Wyss

Amy E. Wyss (born 1971) is a Swiss-American billionaire heir and philanthropist.

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AO Foundation

The AO Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the care of people with musculoskeletal injuries and their sequelae through research, development, education and quality assurance in the principles, practice, and result of fracture treatment.

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Bainbridge Island Review

The Bainbridge Island Review is a Friday newspaper in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Bern

Bern or Berne (Bern, Bärn, Berne, Berna, Berna) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".

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Billings Gazette

The Billings Gazette is the largest newspaper in Montana.

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek is an American weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. Businessweek was founded in 1929.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News is an international news agency headquartered in New York, United States and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)

Robert "Bob" Marshall (January 2, 1901November 11, 1939) was an American forester, writer and wilderness activist who is best remembered as the person who spearheaded the 1935 founding of the Wilderness Society in the United States.

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Campus Biotech

The Campus Biotech is a Swiss institution hosting research institutes and biotechnology companies.

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Center for American Progress

The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is an American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies from a progressive perspective.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Christoph Blocher

Christoph Blocher (born 11 October 1940) is a Swiss politician, industrialist, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2004–2007).

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Chrysler

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes.

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City of Brussels

The City of Brussels (French: Ville de Bruxelles or alternatively Bruxelles-Ville, Dutch: Stad Brussel or Brussel-Stad) is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Conservation (ethic)

Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection.

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Conservatism in the United States

American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.

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Constitutional Accountability Center

Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a non-profit think tank, public interest law firm, and action center founded in 2008 and located in Washington, D.C. CAC’s work in the courts, through the government, and with legal scholars is organized around the principle that the Constitution’s text and history are inherently progressive.

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Environment & Energy Publishing

Environment & Energy Publishing (dba E&E News) is an online news organization that covers energy and environmental policy, markets and science.

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Environmental journalism

Environmental journalism is the collection, verification, production, distribution and exhibition of information regarding current events, trends, issues and people that are associated with the non-human world with which humans necessarily interact.

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Environmental movement

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues.

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Environmental protection

Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual, organization controlled or governmental levels, for the benefit of both the environment and humans.

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ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich; Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics STEM university in the city of Zürich, Switzerland.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Financial News

Financial News is a financial newspaper and news website published in London.

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Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Health Leads

Health Leads is a national healthcare organization that connects low-income patients with the basic resources they need to be healthy.

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High Country News

High Country News is an independent non-profit news media source that publishes a magazine, website and other works.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Inside Philanthropy

Inside Philanthropy is a news website about large philanthropic foundations and wealthy donors, created by David Callahan in 2013.

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John Podesta

John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from October 20, 1998 until January 20, 2001 and as Counselor to President Barack Obama from January 1, 2014 until February 13, 2015.

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Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company founded in 1886.

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KMSB

KMSB, virtual channel 11 (UHF digital channel 25), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Tucson, Arizona, United States.

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Marine conservation

Marine conservation refers to the study of conserving physical and biological marine resources and ecosystem functions.

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Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) is a master's degree in business administration (management).

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Medical device

A medical device is any apparatus, appliance, software, material, or other article—whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application—intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of.

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National Conservation Area

National Conservation Area is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States.

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National Monument (United States)

A national monument in the United States is a protected area that is similar to a national park, but can be created from any land owned or controlled by the federal government by proclamation of the President of the United States.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ; lit.: "New Journal of Zurich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zurich.

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Orange County Register

The Orange County Register is a paid daily newspaper published in California.

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Paso Robles, California

Paso Robles (full name: El Paso de Robles "The Pass of the Oaks") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

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Philadelphia Media Network

Philadelphia Media Network LLC is an American media company.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy means the love of humanity.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is a newspaper in the Philippines.

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Poaching

Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, or graduate education in North America, involves learning and studying for academic or professional degrees, academic or professional certificates, academic or professional diplomas, or other qualifications for which a first or bachelor's degree generally is required, and it is normally considered to be part of higher education.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

The presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as 44th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Progressivism

Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform.

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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that works with communities to preserve unused rail corridors by transforming them into rail trails within the United States of America.

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Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park is a United States national park in Pima County in southeastern Arizona.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Social justice

Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is a wilderness preservation organization in the United States based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with field offices in Washington, D.C. and Moab, Utah.

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Sunset (magazine)

Sunset is a lifestyle magazine in the United States.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Swissinfo

SWI swissinfo.ch is a ten-language news and information platform produced by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Synthes

Synthes Holding AG (formerly Synthes-Stratec) is a multinational medical device manufacturer based in Solothurn, Switzerland and West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller is a conservative American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by political pundit Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, former adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Giving Pledge

The Giving Pledge is a campaign to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)

The Tribune is a daily broadsheet newspaper and news website (www.sanluisobispo.com) that covers San Luis Obispo County, California.

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The Trust for Public Land

The Trust for Public Land is a U.S. nonprofit organization with a mission to "create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come." Since its founding in 1972, The Trust for Public Land has completed 5,000 park-creation and land conservation projects across the United States, protected over 3 million acres, and helped pass more than 500 ballot measures--creating $70 billion in voter-approved public funding for parks and open spaces.

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The Wilderness Society (United States)

The Wilderness Society is an American non-profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands in the United States.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Zurich

The University of Zurich (UZH, Universität Zürich), located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students.

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Varietal

A varietal wine is a wine made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label.

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Western United States

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States.

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Wilson, Wyoming

Wilson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.

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Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering

The Wyss Center is a not-for-profit neurotechnology research foundation in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is a cross-disciplinary research institute at Harvard University which focuses on developing new bioinspired materials and devices for applications in healthcare, manufacturing, robotics, energy, and sustainable architecture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansjörg_Wyss

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