Max Schmidheiny

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{{Infobox politician

| name = Max Schmidheiny

| office = Member of the National Council (Switzerland)

| termstart = 7 December 1959

| termend = 1 December 1963

| constituency = Canton of St. Gallen

| birth_name = Max Schmidheiny

| birth_place = Castle Heerbrugg, Balgach, Switzerland

| office2 = Member of the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen

| termstart2 = 1948

| termend2 = 1958

| children = 4, including Thomas and Stephan

| spouse = {{marriage|Adda Scherrer
|1944}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|04|03|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|08|19|1908|04|03|df=yes}}

| death_place = Altstätten, Switzerland

}}

Max Schmidheiny (3 April 1908 – 19 August 1991) was a Swiss industrialist, politician and philanthropist who founded the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Max Schmidheiny-Stiftung {{!}} Founder Max Schmidheiny |url=https://www.max-schmidheiny.foundation/page/en/stiftung/stifter-max-schmidheiny/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.max-schmidheiny.foundation}} He also served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1959 to 1963 and previously on the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen between 1948 and 1958 for the Free Democratic Party.{{Cite web |title=Ratsmitglied ansehen |url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/max-schmidheiny/3181 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Federal Assembly}}

In 1984, he divided the family construction materials empire between his sons, with Thomas Schmidheiny inheriting Holcim (the concrete and cement company) and Stephan Schmidheiny the construction company Eternit.{{cite web|title=The World's Billionaires: Thomas Schmidheiny|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-schmidheiny/|website=Forbes|accessdate=26 January 2017}}