Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Hedge Fund Mogul, Swiss Villagers Clash Over Ski Slopes




Since hotelier Tobias Zurbriggen can remember, the business of running Saas-Fee has been a local affair. Now, the Swiss ski resort neighboring the Matterhorn is feeling the heat from a New York-based financier, Bloomberg reports.

Edmond Offermann, a nuclear scientist turned millionaire working for hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC, invested 15 million Swiss francs ($16.4 million) in 2010 to revive Saas- Fee’s struggling ski-lift company.

“It’s like a hobby, which completely got out of control,” Offermann, 53, said in an interview from Long Island, New York. He wants to shake things up by managing hotels and the ski-lift operator in one company controlled by a single CEO….

More?  Check out http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-04/hedge-fund-mogul-clashes-with-swiss-villagers-over-ski-slopes.html

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