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'''Guido Schmidt-Chiari''' was an Austrian banker and [[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 Strachwitz]] in [[1974]], with whom he has six children. He attended the [[Bilderberg/1988|1988]] and [[Bilderberg/1991|1991 Bilderberg meetings]]. He as leader of the Austrian delegation to the [[Trilateral Commission]].
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==Family background==
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His father, [[Guido Schmidt]] (1901-1957) was an Austrian diplomat and politician, and one of the German Nazi government's two main contact men in the Austrian government. On 12 February 1938 Austrian Chancellor [[Kurt Schuschnigg|Schuschnigg]] under pressure from [[Hitler]] elevated Schmidt to the rank of a Foreign Minister, a post he held until the ''[[Anscluss]]'' in March 1938, whereafter he retired from politics.  [[Hermann Göring]] appointed his personal friend Schmidt as director of the [[Hermann Göring steel works]] in [[Linz]] on July 1, 1938.<ref>https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd118795236.html#ndbcontent</ref>
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Eight months after the end of the war, in December 1945, Guido Schmidt was arrested and charged with high treason. On June 12, [[1947]], the trial before the People's Court of Vienna ended with an acquittal. Since, according to the court decision, the suspicion of high treason was not sufficiently refuted, Schmidt was not awarded any compensation. In the mid-1950s he became general director of the Austrian-American [[rubber]] works Semperit AG.
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Per 2022, neither the German nor the English Wikipedia mentions the career of Guido Schmidt-Chiari's father.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guido_Schmidt-Chiari&oldid=934017874</ref>
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==Early career==
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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 [[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]].
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==Creditanstalt ==
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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://web.archive.org/web/20140818093223/http://oenb.at/dms/oenb/Publikationen/Volkswirtschaft/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung/1992/Volkswirtschaftliche-Tagung-1992/fullversion/vowitag_1992_tcm14-247233.pdf</ref>
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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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==Family business==
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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>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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Schmidt-Chiari has also chaired the [[supervisory board]] of several leading Austrian companies (inter alia: [[Wienerberger|Wienerberger AG]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213232/http://www.wienerberger.com/de/gesch%C3%A4ftsbericht-1996.html</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>http://trilateral.org/File/127</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 name=":0">https://www.mumok.at/en/advisory-board-members|title=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 name=":0" /> Vienna as well as on the Board of Directors of the [[Wiener Konzerthaus]], Vienna.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150404110411/https://konzerthaus.at/kuratorium</ref>
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Schmidt-Chiari died in [[Sankt anton am arlberg|Sankt Anton am Arlberg]], Austria on 21 August 2016.<ref>http://kurier.at/wirtschaft/ex-banker-guido-schmidt-chiari-gestorben/217.062.191</ref>
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== Decorations ==
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Among other decorations Guido Schmidt-Chiari has been appointed an Honorary Senator of the [[WU Wien|Business University of Vienna]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100924062750/http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/about/honorarymembers</ref> and an Honorary Senator of the [[Technical University of Vienna]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120220160425/http://www.tuwien.ac.at/wir_ueber_uns/zahlen_und_fakten/akademische_wuerdentraegerinnen/</ref> as well as Officier de la [[Legion d'Honneur]].
 
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Person.png Guido Schmidt-Chiari  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(financier)
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Born13 September 1932
Died21 August 2016 (Age 83)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
ParentsGuido Schmidt
SpouseStephanie Strachwitz
Member ofTrilateral Commission
Austrian financier. CEO of Creditanstalt. Trilateral Commission. Bilderberg 1988 and 1991

Employment.png Creditanstalt/CEO

In office
1988 - 1997

Guido Schmidt-Chiari was an Austrian banker and 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. He attended the 1988 and 1991 Bilderberg meetings. He as leader of the Austrian delegation to the Trilateral Commission.

Family background

His father, Guido Schmidt (1901-1957) was an Austrian diplomat and politician, and one of the German Nazi government's two main contact men in the Austrian government. On 12 February 1938 Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg under pressure from Hitler elevated Schmidt to the rank of a Foreign Minister, a post he held until the Anscluss in March 1938, whereafter he retired from politics. Hermann Göring appointed his personal friend Schmidt as director of the Hermann Göring steel works in Linz on July 1, 1938.[1]

Eight months after the end of the war, in December 1945, Guido Schmidt was arrested and charged with high treason. On June 12, 1947, the trial before the People's Court of Vienna ended with an acquittal. Since, according to the court decision, the suspicion of high treason was not sufficiently refuted, Schmidt was not awarded any compensation. In the mid-1950s he became general director of the Austrian-American rubber works Semperit AG.

Per 2022, neither the German nor the English Wikipedia mentions the career of Guido Schmidt-Chiari's father.[2]

Early career

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 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.

Creditanstalt

In 1958 he began work at Creditanstalt in Vienna, in1971 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.[3]

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.[4][5]

Family business

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),[6] 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,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)[10] and Guido Schmidt-Chiari is an Advisory Board Member of Mumok,[9] Vienna as well as on the Board of Directors of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna.[11]

Schmidt-Chiari died in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria on 21 August 2016.[12]

Decorations

Among other decorations Guido Schmidt-Chiari has been appointed an Honorary Senator of the Business University of Vienna[13] and an Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Vienna[14] as well as Officier de la Legion d'Honneur.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19883 June 19885 June 1988Austria
Interalpen-Hotel
Telfs-Buchen		The 36th meeting, 114 participants
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof		The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd118795236.html#ndbcontent
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guido_Schmidt-Chiari&oldid=934017874
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Rathkolb: Bank Austria Creditanstalt: 150 Jahre österreichische Bankengeschichte im Zentrum Europas. ISBN 3-552053-5-65
  5. ↑ Frasl, Haiden, Taus – Österreichische Kreditwirtschaft: Von der Reichsmark über den Schilling zum Euro. ISBN 3-708304-6-83
  6. ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/wirtschaft/960287/print.do
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213232/http://www.wienerberger.com/de/gesch%C3%A4ftsbericht-1996.html
  8. ↑ http://trilateral.org/File/127
  9. ↑ a b https://www.mumok.at/en/advisory-board-members%7Ctitle=Advisory Board Members
  10. ↑ http://www.guidestar.org/ViewPdf.aspx?PdfSource=0&ein=13-6143744
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150404110411/https://konzerthaus.at/kuratorium
  12. ↑ http://kurier.at/wirtschaft/ex-banker-guido-schmidt-chiari-gestorben/217.062.191
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100924062750/http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/about/honorarymembers
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120220160425/http://www.tuwien.ac.at/wir_ueber_uns/zahlen_und_fakten/akademische_wuerdentraegerinnen/
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