Robert Heuberger


Robert K. Heuberger is a Swiss real estate entrepreneur, patron and author under the pseudonym Victor Vermont.

Life and career

Heuberger grew up in poor circumstances. He completed his training at the Swiss Volksbank in Aarburg in the 1930s. As a bank and insurance buyer, he later worked for the Volksbank as an accountant, credit manager and securities specialist, then as an agency manager for the Bâloise insurance company.
Together with his wife Ruth, born Mötteli, Heuberger founded Siska Heuberger Holding AG in 1954, with which he implemented a series of major building projects, especially in eastern Switzerland, with the construction of about 1000 apartments in Winterthur. According to the economic magazine's BILANZ, he had assets of approximately CHF300 to 500 million in 2012.
He is the father of the media entrepreneur, Günther Heuberger, and father of Rainer Heuberger, old Cantonal Council of Zürich and owner of Siska Verwaltungs AG

Engagement

Heuberger's public commitment includes funding for the establishment of the Club of Rome in Winterthur, setting up the non-profit «Robert and Ruth Heuberger Foundation», as well as founding an innovation prize for young entrepreneurs. In 2007, the City of Winterthur awarded him the prize of the "Winterthur Lion". In 2013, Heuberger drew attention to the initiative to abolish conscription by means of double-page advertisements. The referendum was clearly rejected.

Honors

The asteroid 82232 Heuberger, discovered by Markus Griesser at the Swiss Eschenberg Observatory in 2001, has been named in honor of Robert and Ruth Heuberger's commitment to social and cultural institutions. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 July 2004.