Christoph Zeller
{{Short description|German businessman}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
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Christoph Zeller (born 1956 or 1957) is a German billionaire businessman. He is the owner of Ivoclar Vivadent, a Liechtenstein dental products company.
Early life
Zeller was born in Germany.
Career
Zeller joined Ivoclar Vivadent in 1981, and was CEO from 1990 to 2003, before buying the company from his grandfather, Adolf Schneider. He was chairman of the supervisory board from 1993 to June 2019 .{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: Christoph Zeller |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=29226328&privcapId=12929797&previousCapId=12929797&previousTitle=Ivoclar%20Vivadent%20AG |website=Bloomberg.com |accessdate=7 November 2015}}{{Cite web |date=2018-09-04 |title=Ivoclar Vivadent-Führungsspitze: Diego Gabathuler neuer CEO |url=https://dentalmagazin.de/markt/firmen/diego-gabathuler-neuer-ceo/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=dentalmagazin.de |language=de-DE}} He was also CEO of the company from 1990 to 2003.{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Katie |title=A tiny European country's only billionaire built his fortune on dental products — and now he's worth 50% of the entire nation's GDP |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/liechtenstein-billionaire-worth-half-gdp-of-entire-country-2019-12 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
On the Forbes 2018 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #572 with a net worth of US$3.9 billion.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/christoph-zeller/?list=billionaires |title=The World's Billionaires (2018 ranking): #572 Christoph Zeller |date=1 March 2018 |work=Forbes |accessdate=5 October 2018}} He is supposedly the only billionaire of Liechtenstein, and his fortune supposedly represents half of Liechtenstein's GDP.
Personal life
Zeller is married to Christina Zeller and resides in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Christina Zeller joined the board of directors of Ivoclar Vivadent in June 2018.{{Cite web |title=Reichsten-Liste der "Goldenen Bilanz": Vier Familien aus Liechtenstein gehören dazu |url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/werdenberg/die-reichen-aus-dem-furstentum-liechtenstein-ld.1173387 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=St. Galler Tagblatt |date=29 November 2019 |language=de}}
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