Alfred Gantner
Alfred Gantner also known as Fredy Gantner (born 1968) is a Swiss billionaire, businessman and political activist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Partners Group, a global private equity firm, with $135 billion in assets under management. Gantner owns about 5% of controlling interest and currently is on the board of directors. He is currently also the chairman of PG3 AG, the founders private multi-family office in Steinhausen, Switzerland. He is a member of the National Advisory Council of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah since 2003. As of February 2023, his net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes. Education and profession Gantner completed a banking apprenticeship at the former UBS subsidiary Cantrade Privatbank. He holds an MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management in Utah, United States. After his studies in the U.S., he completed internships at Bankers Trust and at Goldman Sachs. In 1996, he founded Partners Group together with Marcel Erni and Urs Wietlisbach, whom he had previously met at Goldman Sachs. Gantner was its CEO between 1996 and 2005, and its chairman of the board of directors between 2005 and 2014. In the meantime, he is a simple member