Peter Spuhler

Peter Spuhler (born 9 January 1959 in Sevilla) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician of the Swiss People's Party, from 1999 to 2012 he was a member of the Swiss National Council for the canton of Thurgau.[1] Spuhler was CEO of the family firm Stadler Rail from 1989 to 2017 and from 2020 onwards.[2] As of April 2019, he held a 40% shareholding in Stadler.[3]

Peter Spuhler
National Council (Switzerland)
In office
6 December 1999 – 31 December 2012
Succeeded byVerena Herzog
ConstituencyCanton of Thurgau
Personal details
Born (1959-01-09) 9 January 1959
Sevilla, Spain
CitizenshipSwiss
Political partySwiss People's Party
ResidenceWarth-Weiningen, Switzerland
EducationUniversity of St. Gallen
OccupationEntrepreneur
Military service
Allegiance  Switzerland
Branch/service Special Forces Command (Switzerland)
RankCaptain
UnitGrenadier

Business career

Stadler Rail

After marrying into the Stadler family,[4] Spuhler took up his position in 1987 at Stadler Fahrzeuge AG, which was then still managed by Irma Stadler. Two years later, he took over the company with its 18 employees and a turnover of approx. 4.5 million Swiss francs, according to his statement with a bank loan from the Thurgauer Kantonalbank for around 5 million Swiss francs.[5] He restructured it and, with the Stadler GTW, opted for a new vehicle that was more suitable for modern local transport. In order to continue to be successful in rail vehicle construction, Spuhler bought the Werk Altenrhein from Schindler Waggon AG in 1997. The new holding structure favored expansion into Germany and Eastern Europe. On 1 April 2018, Spuhler handed over the management of the Stadler Rail Group to Thomas Ahlburg. Since then, he has concentrated on the Stadler Rail Group as President of the Board of Directors.[6] As of May 2020, due to differences in the strategic and organisational development of Stadler Rail AG, he took over the position of Group CEO ad interim.[7]

His assets were estimated by the Swiss business magazine Bilanz at 2.25 billion Swiss francs in 2017.[8]

References
  1. "parlament.ch - Peter Spuhler". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "Spuhler tritt als Chef von Stadler Rail zurück". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. Stadler Rail lists on SIX Swiss Exchange Railway Gazette International 12 April 2019
  4. Interview with Irma Stadler on 9 October 2012.
  5. SRF, Blinddate
  6. Peter Spuhler übergibt die Funktion des Group CEO an Thomas Ahlburg. Medienmitteilung vom 20. September 2017 (PDF).
  7. "Chefwechsel bei Stadler Rail: Peter Spuhler zurück als CEO" (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. Peter Spuhler. In: Bilanz. seen on 2 Mai 2018.
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