Amy Wyss
{{Short description|Swiss-American heiress}}
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Amy E. Wyss (born May 20, 1971)United States Public Records, 1970-2009 is a Swiss-American heiress, billionaire and philanthropist. As of 2025, her net worth was estimated at US$2 billion.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Amy Wyss |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/amy-wyss/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=17 January 2025 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720140626/https://www.forbes.com/profile/amy-wyss/ |url-status=live }} According to Forbes, "a 2014 U.S. Senate investigation into offshore tax evasion, which did not implicate the Wyss family, revealed her fortune."
Wyss previously served on the board of trustees for the National Outdoor Leadership School as well as the Wyss Foundation, founded by her father Hansjörg Wyss. Wyss and her husband established the LOR Foundation, a rural community fund headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Lor Foundation Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205682977 |website=ProPublica |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-12 |title=These are the Faces of the World's Youngest Female Billionaires - Page 49 of 65 |url=https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/these-are-the-faces-of-the-worlds-youngest-female-billionaires/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Living Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315173353/https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/these-are-the-faces-of-the-worlds-youngest-female-billionaires/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Amy Wyss |url=https://www.influencewatch.org/person/amy-wyss/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=InfluenceWatch |language=en-US |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315173354/https://www.influencewatch.org/person/amy-wyss/ |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Wyss is the daughter of Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss.{{cite news |title=Wyss Emerges Among Youngest Woman Billionaires in Synthes |first=George |last=Zepp |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-18/wyss-emerges-among-youngest-woman-billionaires-in-synthes |newspaper=Bloomberg Business |date=March 18, 2014 |accessdate=October 7, 2015 |archive-date=November 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124181314/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-18/wyss-emerges-among-youngest-woman-billionaires-in-synthes |url-status=live }} She graduated from Skidmore College with a bachelor's degree in history and government.{{cite web|title=Executive Profile Amy E. Wyss|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=44228539&privcapId=657860&previousCapId=5921337&previousTitle=Rehau%20Limited|website=bloomberg|accessdate=October 7, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010830/http://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=44228539&privcapId=657860&previousCapId=5921337&previousTitle=Rehau%20Limited|url-status=live}}
Career
From 2008 to 2012, Wyss served on the board of directors of Synthes, the largest manufacturer of implants to mend bone fractures,{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a12HHoWatMwo&refer=uk |title=BAE Systems, BP, Reed Elsevier: U.K., Irish Equity Preview |last1=Lundgren |first1=Kari |last2=Haigh |first2=Adam |date=21 February 2008 |work=Bloomberg |accessdate=2008-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216203840/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a12HHoWatMwo&refer=uk |archive-date=16 February 2015}} that also produces surgical power tools and advanced biomaterials. Her father, Hansjörg Wyss, was the board's chairman. It was sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2012.
Wyss co-founded the Twirl Toy Store in Taos, New Mexico. She was also a co-founder of the Golden Willows Retreat, a bereavement center in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico.{{dead link|date=January 2025}}
Philanthropy
Wyss served on the board of trustees of the National Outdoor Leadership School. She also was a member of the board of directors for the Wyss Foundation, an organization founded by her father. The Wyss Foundation provides funding to environmental groups and progressive political advocacy groups.{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth P. |last2=Robertson |first2=Katie |title=Top Bidder for Tribune Newspapers Is an Influential Liberal Donor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/business/media/wyss-tribune-company-buyer.html |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=13 April 2021 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503205511/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/business/media/wyss-tribune-company-buyer.html |url-status=live }}
In 2007, Wyss and her husband established the LOR Foundation. It gives rural community development grants in Taos County, New Mexico, Lander, Wyoming, and Cortez, Colorado.{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Martha |title=Backed by a Big Fortune, This Foundation Is Supporting Small Rural Communities in the West {{!}} Inside Philanthropy |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2023-7-27-backed-by-a-big-fortune-this-foundation-is-supporting-small-rural-communities-in-the-west |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=www.insidephilanthropy.com |date=27 July 2023}}
Personal life
Wyss holds dual U.S.-Swiss citizenship. She resides in Wilson, Wyoming.
She is married to Edward Jaramillo, a native of Taos, New Mexico, who is also a board member of their LOR Foundation and the Wy'East Mountain Academy.{{Cite web |title=Wy'East Mountain Academy - Board of Trustees |url=https://wyeastacademy.com/board-of-trustees |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Wy'East Mountain Academy |language=en-US |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315173352/https://wyeastacademy.com/board-of-trustees |url-status=live }}
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