Urs Wietlisbach

Urs Wietlisbach is the cofounder of Partners Group, a Swiss private equity firm that has over $78 billion in assets under management.Wietlisbach started Partners Group in 1996 with Marcel Erni and Alfred Gantner, both of whom he met while working at Goldman Sach's Zurich office.The trio took their firm public a decade later; Wietlisbach currently owns 10% of the company's stock. In 2016, Wietlisbach became a minority investor in Swiss fintech firm Nectar Financial, which develops software for wealth managers.In 2018, Wietlisbach acquired a majority stake in a real estate portfolio consisting of 25 properties in the Swiss Alps.