Eberhard Reinhardt

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(banker, lawyer)
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Born8 November 1908
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died10 October 1977 (Age 68)
Zurich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Swiss banker lawyer who attended the 1970 Bilderberg

Eberhard Ernst Reinhardt was a Swiss lawyer and bank manager.[1]

Background

Eberhard Ernst Reinhardt was the son of the pastor Wilhelm Paul Reinhardt and his wife Fanny (née Fischer).

He was married to Anna (née Locher).

After attending the cantonal school in Frauenfeld, Eberhard Ernst Reinhardt enrolled to study law at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in 1930.[2]

Career

He was admitted to the Zurich bar and worked as a lawyer until 1935.[3]

From 1935 to 1945 he worked for the Federal Finance Administration (today the Federal Department of Finance), before becoming its director from 1945 to 1947.[4] He participated in talks with the US over German looted gold in Swiss banks after World War 2.[5]

In 1948 he became a member of the general management of the Swiss Credit Institute (SKA) (now Credit Suisse), where he was mainly responsible for international financial business until he became its president from 1963 to 1973; During this time, the New York branch of SKA received a license as a universal bank in the United States in 1964. Reinhardt, gave Rainer Gut the task: "Put the bank on the map of international business." Gut implemented this order to make Credit Suisse an internationally significant financial institution over the next few decades.[6]

Eberhard Ernst Reinhardt was a member of many boards of directors, including from 1963 to 1977 on the supervisory board of the power transmission works in Rheinfelden and was administrative president of the Laufenburg power plant. He was also Vice President of the Swiss Bankers Association.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196028 May 196029 May 1960Switzerland
Bürgenstock
The 9th such meeting and the first one in Switzerland. 61 participants + 4 "in attendance". The meeting report contains a press statement, 4 sentences long.
Bilderberg/19652 April 19654 April 1965Italy
Villa d'Este
The 14th Bilderberg meeting, held in Italy
Bilderberg/197017 April 197019 April 1970Switzerland
Hotel Quellenhof
Bad Ragaz
the 19th Bilderberg meeting, in Switzerland.
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