(February 20, 1819, Zurich – December 6, 1882, Zurich, Switzerland) General view showing Grossmünster church. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ...
As an important Swiss politician, Alfred Escher became the President of the National Council of Switzerland in 1849/50, 1856/57 and 1862/63. The National Council of Switzerland is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. ...
Escher was endorsing an idea of building and running the railway lines in Switzerland based on private companies. Later (since 1853), through his position of the president of railway companies, he became a railway magnate.
Founder of Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (nowadays Credit Suisse) in 1856. The Credit Suisse Group is the second-largest financial services company in Switzerland, behind longtime rival UBS. It was founded in 1856 under the name Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA, Swiss Credit Institution). ...
AlfredEscher stammte aus der alten und einflussreichen Zürcher Familie Escher vom Glas, die viele Ratsherren, Politiker und Ingenieure hervorgebracht hat.
Sein politisches Netzwerk knüpfte AlfredEscher schon in der Studentenverbindung Zofingia.
Schon früh setzte sich Escher für eine schweizerische Alpenbahn ein.
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