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  1. Johann Georg Wyss known as Hansjörg Wyss (born 19 September 1935) is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States.

  2. www.forbes.com › profile › hansjoerg-wyssHansjoerg Wyss - Forbes

    Learn about Hansjoerg Wyss, the Swiss-born founder of Synthes who sold his company to Johnson & Johnson for $20.2 billion in 2012. Find out his net worth, his charitable foundations, his education and his hobbies.

  3. May 3, 2021 · Hansjörg Wyss, who recently dropped his bid to buy Tribune Publishing, has been a leading source of difficult-to-trace money to groups associated with Democrats.

  4. Jul 18, 2019 · Learn how Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss entrepreneur and engineer, donated $1 billion to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. See his portrait and interview by National Geographic photographer Pete Muller.

  5. Jan 25, 2024 · Meet Hansjörg Wyss, the man US conservatives are casting as a new George Soros, the businessman-turned-philanthropist who has become a familiar villain for the right.

  6. To confront the global conservation crisis, the Wyss Foundation launched a $1.5 billion campaign, called the Wyss Campaign for Nature. Climbing and hiking the Rocky Mountains as a young man, Hansjörg Wyss developed a lifelong love for America’s open lands and a passion for discovery and innovation.

  7. Oct 20, 2022 · The entrepreneur and philanthropist donates $350 million to the institute that develops bioinspired technologies for health care and environmental issues. The Wyss Institute, founded in 2009, has achieved remarkable innovations and impact with cross-disciplinary collaboration and translation.

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