Peter Wuffli

Active Investor

Honorary Chairman at IMD

Switzerland

Peter Wuffli, Honorary Chairman at IMD is an active investor based in Switzerland. This profile covers what Peter Wuffli backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Peter Wuffli is the Founder and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the elea Foundation. He also serves as Chairman and Investment Committee Member at Aribeda and as a Board Member at Sygnum Bank. Dr. Wuffli previously served as Board Member and Vice Chairman at Partners Group. He is also Chairman of the IMD Foundation Supervisory Board of the Lausanne business school IMD and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Zurich Opera House. From 1984 to 1993, Dr. Wuffli worked for McKinsey & Company as a management consultant, where he became a Partner and a member of the Swiss office leadership team in 1990. In 1994, he joined the Swiss Bank Corporation (today UBS) as Chief Financial Officer. Following the merger of the Swiss Bank Corporation and the Union Bank of Switzerland in 1998, he continued to serve as Chief Financial Officer until 1999, when he became Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Asset Management. From 2001, he was President, and from 2003 onwards, Group CEO of UBS, until his resignation in 2007. He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1984.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailConsumer Goods (CPG)Climate & EnergyDeveloper Tools & DataManufacturing & IndustrialMobility & Logistics
Location: Switzerland
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 7

Notable investments

IMD Business SchoolZurich OperaPartners GroupMc Kinsey & CompanySygnum BankEvulpoUBS

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