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'''Guido Schmidt-Chiari''' (13 September 1932 – 21 August 2016) was an Austrian banker. He was the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the Austrian bank [[Creditanstalt]]. Schmidt-Chiari was born in Vienna, Austria, the eldest child of Guido Schmidt. He married [[Countess]] Stephanie [[:de:Strachwitz (Adelsgeschlecht)|Strachwitz]] in 1974, with whom he has six children. Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a direct cousin of the American music producer [[Chris Strachwitz]].


== Biography ==
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'''Guido Schmidt-Chiari''' ([[13th September]] [[1932]] in [[Vienna]]) is a businessman and former [[CEO]] of the Austrian Bank [[Creditanstalt]]. Schmidt-Chiari was born in Vienna, [[Austria]], the eldest child of [[Guido Schmidt]].<ref>http://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Schmidt-Chiari%2C_Guido</ref> He married [[Countess]] Stephanie [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strachwitz_(Adelsgeschlecht) Strachwitz] in [[1974]], they have six children.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Aloys_of_Liechtenstein</ref> Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a direct cousin of the American music producer [[Chris Strachwitz]].


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In 1952 Guido Schmidt-Chiari moved to Brazil to work for a subsidiary of Alpine-Mountain in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and in 1953 set up the [[São Paulo]] distribution branch for [[Jenbacher Werke]] products. He returned to Austria and in 1956 received his [[PhD]] in law from the [[University of Vienna]]. In 1957 Guido Schmidt-Chiari worked for the Belgian-American Banking Corporation in [[New York City]]. In 1958 he began work at Creditanstalt in Vienna, in 1971 he was appointed to the [[Executive Board]] and further promoted to CEO in 1988. After the [[Fall of the Iron Curtain]] Schmidt-Chiari initiated the expansion of Creditanstalt into Central European countries. Following the acquisition of Creditanstalt by [[Bank Austria]] Schmidt-Chiari resigned in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oenb.at/dms/oenb/Publikationen/Volkswirtschaft/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung/1992/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung-1992/fullversion/vowitag_1992_tcm14-247233.pdf|title=Zukunft regionaler Finanzmärkte in einem integriterten Europa|website=www.oenb.at|access-date=2016-08-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093223/http://oenb.at/dms/oenb/Publikationen/Volkswirtschaft/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung/1992/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung-1992/fullversion/vowitag_1992_tcm14-247233.pdf|archivedate=2014-08-18}}</ref>
== Life ==


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Under the direction of Guido Schmidt-Chiari, the Creditanstalt Group grew manifold and saw net profit after tax grow from 1.2 billion [[Austrian schilling|ATS]] in 1991 to 5.8 billion ATS in 1997, an increase in [[return on equity]] from 6% to 19.2%, making Creditanstalt by far the most profitable bank in Austria at the time.<ref>Rathkolb: Bank Austria Creditanstalt: 150 Jahre österreichische Bankengeschichte im Zentrum Europas. {{ISBN|3-552053-5-65}}</ref><ref>Frasl, Haiden, Taus – Österreichische Kreditwirtschaft: Von der Reichsmark über den Schilling zum Euro. {{ISBN|3-708304-6-83}}</ref>
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In [[1952]] Guido Schmidt-Chiari moved to [[Brazil]] to work for a subsidiary of Alpine-Montan in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and in [[1953]] set up the [[Sao Paolo]] distribution branch for [[Jenbacher Werke]] products. He returned to Austria and in [[1956]] received his [[Phd]] in law from the [[University of Vienna]]. In [[1957]] Guido Schmidt-Chiari worked for the [http://www.club-carriere.com/clubcarriere/index.php/branchen/fachbeitraege/userprofile/151430 Belgian-American Banking Corporation] in [[New York]]. In [[1958]] he began work at Creditanstalt in Vienna, in [[1971]] he was appointed to the [[Executive Board]] and further promoted to CEO in [[1988]]. After the [[Fall of the Iron Curtain]] Schmidt-Chiari initiated the expansion of Creditanstalt into Central European countries. Following the acquisition of Creditanstalt by [[Bank Austria]] Schmidt-Chiari resigned in [[1997]].<ref>https://www.oenb.at/dms/oenb/Publikationen/Volkswirtschaft/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung/1992/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung-1992/fullversion/vowitag_1992_tcm14-247233.pdf</ref>


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The Schmidt-Chiari family have a large equity stake in two family businesses: Joseph Schmidt's Erben (founded in 1887) an industrial distribution company and the Arlberger Bergbahnen AG (founded in 1937),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/wirtschaft/960287/print.do|title=Androsch und Schmidt-Chiari bauen Wirtschaftsimperien aus|last=Rümmele|first=Martin|date=20 January 1999|website=wirtschaftsblatt.at|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> a ski lift operator with resorts in Austria and Poland. The main lift business operates the world-renowned ski resort of [[St. Anton am Arlberg]]
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Under the direction of Guido Schmidt-Chiari, the Creditanstalt Group grew manifold and saw net profit after tax grow from 1.2 billion [[Austrian schilling|ATS]] in [[1991]] to 5.8 billion ATS in 1997, an increase in [[return on equity]] from 6% to 19.2%, making Creditanstalt by far the most profitable bank in Austria at the time.<ref>Rathkolb: Bank Austria Creditanstalt: 150 Jahre österreichische Bankengeschichte im Zentrum Europas. ISBN 3-552053-5-65</ref><ref>Frasl, Haiden, Taus - Österreichische Kreditwirtschaft: Von der Reichsmark über den Schilling zum Euro. ISBN 3-708304-6-83</ref>


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Schmidt-Chiari has also chaired the [[supervisory board]] of several leading Austrian companies (inter alia: [[Wienerberger|Wienerberger AG]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wienerberger.com/de/geschäftsbericht-1996.html|title=WIENERBERGER - EINE INTERNATIONAL FÜHRENDE GRUPPE DER BAUSTOFFINDUSTRIE|last=|first=|date=|website=www.wienerberger.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213232/http://www.wienerberger.com/de/gesch%C3%A4ftsbericht-1996.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Semperit|Semperit AG]], [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch]] AG and [[Andritz AG]]) and held a wide variety of other posts including being on the [[Morgan Stanley]] European Advisory Board and the General Council of [[Assicurazioni Generali]], [[Trieste]]. He was the president of the Austrian Bankers Association and founded the Austrian Delegation to the [[Trilateral Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trilateral.org/File/127|title=European Regional Meeting of the Trilateral Commission: Vienna, Austria, October 26-28, 2007 – The Trilateral Commission|website=trilateral.org|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref>
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The Schmidt-Chiari family have a large equity stake in two family businesses: Joseph Schmidt's Erben (founded in 1887) an industrial distribution company and the [http://www.abbag.com/en/ Arlberger Bergbahnen AG](founded in 1937),<ref>http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/wirtschaft/960287/print.do</ref> a ski lift operator with resorts in Austria and [[Poland]]. The main lift business operates the world-renowned ski resort of [[St. Anton am Arlberg]]


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Aside from his involvement in the financial world, Guido Schmidt-Chiari and his wife, Stephanie enjoy collecting turn-of-the-century Viennese [[Jugendstil]], with a focus on those by the architect and designer [[Josef Hofmann]] and his contemporaries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumok.at/en/advisory-board-members|title=Advisory Board Members|website=www.mumok.at|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York ([[MoMA]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/ViewPdf.aspx?PdfSource=0&ein=13-6143744|title=Welcome Back|website=www.guidestar.org|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> and Guido Schmidt-Chiari is an Advisory Board Member of [[Mumok]],<ref name=":0" /> Vienna as well as on the board of directors of the [[Wiener Konzerthaus]], Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://konzerthaus.at/kuratorium|title=Wiener Konzerthaus - Kuratorium|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404110411/https://konzerthaus.at/kuratorium|archive-date=April 4, 2015|access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref>
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Schmidt-Chiari has also chaired the [[supervisory board]] of several leading Austrian companies (inter alia: [[Wienerberger|Wienerberger AG]] <ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.wienerberger.com/de/geschäftsbericht-1996.html|title = |date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>[[Semperit|, Semperit AG ,]] [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch]] AG and [[Andritz AG]] (deputy)) and held a wide variety of other posts including being on the [[Morgan Stanley]] European Advisory Board and the General Council of [[Assicurazioni Generali ]], [[Trieste]].<ref>https://www.google.at/urlsa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwiRhYDWovLJAhVJWRoKHWtpAj0QFgg1MAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.generali.com%2Fdoc%2Fjcr%3A1798aedf-c5a5-4462-ad5c-74fd0b9a2daa%2Flang%3Ait%2F&usg=AFQjCNHB0QjRq4LKrFx9ikqhsAhPs4WqPg&bvm=bv.110151844,d.d2s</ref> He was the President of the Austrian Bankers Association and founded the Austrian Delegation to the [[Trilateral Commission]].<ref>http://trilateral.org/File/127</ref>


Schmidt-Chiari died in [[Sankt anton am arlberg|Sankt Anton am Arlberg]], Austria, on 21 August 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kurier.at/wirtschaft/ex-banker-guido-schmidt-chiari-gestorben/217.062.191|title=Ex-Banker Guido Schmidt-Chiari gestorben|last=|first=|date=22 August 2016|website=kurier.at|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref>
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Aside from his involvement in the financial world, Guido Schmidt-Chiari and his wife, Stephanie enjoy collecting turn of the century Viennese [[Jugendstil]], with a focus on those by the architect and designer [[Josef Hofmann]] and his contemporaries.<ref>https://www.mumok.at/en/advisory-board-members</ref> Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York ([[MoMA]] ) <ref>http://www.guidestar.org/ViewPdf.aspx?PdfSource=0&ein=13-6143744</ref> and Guido Schmidt-Chiari is an Advisory Board Member of [[Mumok]],<ref>https://www.mumok.at/en/advisory-board-members</ref> Vienna as well as on the Board of Directors of the [[Wiener Konzerthaus]], Vienna.<ref>https://konzerthaus.at/kuratorium</ref>


== Decorations ==
== Decorations ==


Among other decorations Guido Schmidt-Chiari has been appointed an Honorary Senator of the [[WU Wien|Business University of Vienna]] <ref>https://www.wu.ac.at/structure/about/honorarymembers/</ref> and an Honorary Senator of the [[Technical University of Vienna]]<ref>https://www.tuwien.ac.at/wir_ueber_uns/zahlen_und_fakten/akademische_wuerdentraegerinnen/</ref> as well as Officier de la [[Legion d’Honneur]].
Among other decorations Guido Schmidt-Chiari has been appointed an Honorary Senator of the [[WU Wien|Business University of Vienna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/about/honorarymembers|title=Ehrungen|last=|first=|date=|website=www.wu.ac.at|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924062750/http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/about/honorarymembers|archive-date=September 24, 2010|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> and an Honorary Senator of the [[Technical University of Vienna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tuwien.ac.at/wir_ueber_uns/zahlen_und_fakten/akademische_wuerdentraegerinnen/|title=Technische Universität Wien : Akademische WürdenträgerInnen|last=|first=|date=|website=www.tuwien.ac.at|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220160425/http://www.tuwien.ac.at/wir_ueber_uns/zahlen_und_fakten/akademische_wuerdentraegerinnen/|archive-date=February 20, 2012|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> as well as Officier de la [[Legion d'Honneur]].


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Latest revision as of 13:19, 2 December 2023

Guido Schmidt-Chiari (13 September 1932 – 21 August 2016) was an Austrian banker. He was the CEO of the Austrian bank Creditanstalt. Schmidt-Chiari was born in Vienna, Austria, the eldest child of Guido Schmidt. He married Countess Stephanie Strachwitz in 1974, with whom he has six children. Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a direct cousin of the American music producer Chris Strachwitz.

Biography

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In 1952 Guido Schmidt-Chiari moved to Brazil to work for a subsidiary of Alpine-Mountain in Rio de Janeiro and in 1953 set up the São Paulo distribution branch for Jenbacher Werke products. He returned to Austria and in 1956 received his PhD in law from the University of Vienna. In 1957 Guido Schmidt-Chiari worked for the Belgian-American Banking Corporation in New York City. In 1958 he began work at Creditanstalt in Vienna, in 1971 he was appointed to the Executive Board and further promoted to CEO in 1988. After the Fall of the Iron Curtain Schmidt-Chiari initiated the expansion of Creditanstalt into Central European countries. Following the acquisition of Creditanstalt by Bank Austria Schmidt-Chiari resigned in 1997.[1]

Under the direction of Guido Schmidt-Chiari, the Creditanstalt Group grew manifold and saw net profit after tax grow from 1.2 billion ATS in 1991 to 5.8 billion ATS in 1997, an increase in return on equity from 6% to 19.2%, making Creditanstalt by far the most profitable bank in Austria at the time.[2][3]

The Schmidt-Chiari family have a large equity stake in two family businesses: Joseph Schmidt's Erben (founded in 1887) an industrial distribution company and the Arlberger Bergbahnen AG (founded in 1937),[4] a ski lift operator with resorts in Austria and Poland. The main lift business operates the world-renowned ski resort of St. Anton am Arlberg

Schmidt-Chiari has also chaired the supervisory board of several leading Austrian companies (inter alia: Wienerberger AG,[5] Semperit AG, Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and Andritz AG) and held a wide variety of other posts including being on the Morgan Stanley European Advisory Board and the General Council of Assicurazioni Generali, Trieste. He was the president of the Austrian Bankers Association and founded the Austrian Delegation to the Trilateral Commission.[6]

Aside from his involvement in the financial world, Guido Schmidt-Chiari and his wife, Stephanie enjoy collecting turn-of-the-century Viennese Jugendstil, with a focus on those by the architect and designer Josef Hofmann and his contemporaries.[7] Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)[8] and Guido Schmidt-Chiari is an Advisory Board Member of Mumok,[7] Vienna as well as on the board of directors of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna.[9]

Schmidt-Chiari died in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria, on 21 August 2016.[10]

Decorations

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Among other decorations Guido Schmidt-Chiari has been appointed an Honorary Senator of the Business University of Vienna[11] and an Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Vienna[12] as well as Officier de la Legion d'Honneur.

References

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  1. ^ "Zukunft regionaler Finanzmärkte in einem integriterten Europa" (PDF). www.oenb.at. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  2. ^ Rathkolb: Bank Austria Creditanstalt: 150 Jahre österreichische Bankengeschichte im Zentrum Europas. ISBN 3-552053-5-65
  3. ^ Frasl, Haiden, Taus – Österreichische Kreditwirtschaft: Von der Reichsmark über den Schilling zum Euro. ISBN 3-708304-6-83
  4. ^ Rümmele, Martin (20 January 1999). "Androsch und Schmidt-Chiari bauen Wirtschaftsimperien aus". wirtschaftsblatt.at. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  5. ^ "WIENERBERGER - EINE INTERNATIONAL FÜHRENDE GRUPPE DER BAUSTOFFINDUSTRIE". www.wienerberger.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  6. ^ "European Regional Meeting of the Trilateral Commission: Vienna, Austria, October 26-28, 2007 – The Trilateral Commission". trilateral.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  7. ^ a b "Advisory Board Members". www.mumok.at. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  8. ^ "Welcome Back". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  9. ^ "Wiener Konzerthaus - Kuratorium". Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  10. ^ "Ex-Banker Guido Schmidt-Chiari gestorben". kurier.at. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  11. ^ "Ehrungen". www.wu.ac.at. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  12. ^ "Technische Universität Wien : Akademische WürdenträgerInnen". www.tuwien.ac.at. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
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