Bühler mourns the passing of Urs Bühler

Uzwil (Switzerland), August 5, 2025 – Entrepreneur Urs Bühler has passed away at the age of 82 on August 1, 2025. With his passing, Bühler loses a figure who significantly shaped the company as an owner, Chairman of the Executive Board, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1970, overseeing more than five decades of its successful development. In 2014, Urs Bühler proactively ensured the succession and continuation of Bühler as a family business by transferring the company shares to his daughters Karin, Maya, and Jeannine Bühler.

Born in 1943 in Uzwil, Urs Bühler spent his youth there. He attended the Kantonsschule am Burggraben in St. Gallen and later studied mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich. Joining Bühler in 1970, he held various positions both domestically and internationally, until being appointed CEO in 1986. In 1994, he also took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors. From 1990, Urs Bühler was the sole owner of the company. Throughout his career, he held numerous external mandates, including the boards of the Swiss Bank Corporation, Sulzer Group, and Winterthur Insurance, and was on the board of Swissmem for 30 years, significantly contributing to Swiss industrial history.

Urs Bühler was always forward-thinking and innovative. With gratitude and the utmost respect, we bid farewell to Urs Bühler. He remains an inspiring role model to us as a visionary entrepreneur, innovator, and above all, a remarkable human being.

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