His Emil-Frey-group, according to Amag, the second largest car importer in Switzerland. But in Europe, the Patron of Walter Frey (76) is the undisputed number 1. The entrepreneur and former national Council of the SVP is expressed in an Interview with the “Switzerland on the weekend” on the future of the founded by his father Emil Frey AG. He makes it clear: His auto Empire, he passes to his three children. Two of them are active in the company. The youngest daughter is studying Sport.
“The three get on well together and are willing to take responsibility,” says Frey. It is a shareholders ‘ binding agreement exists. “Each of the children will inherit one-third of the company. You will be jointly responsible for ensuring that we have a good business line and continue to secure jobs.” Frey has over 22’000 employees.
No IPO, and families Empire
The IPO’s out of the discussion: “We are and remain a family business.” According to the “balance sheet” and its “Richest list” is Frey a fortune of 3 billion francs. The Emil Frey group is Reportedly 12 billion Swiss francs in revenue per year.
The company is now 96 years old, and Frey hopes that it will develop according to the Corona-crisis. The crisis has, according to Frey also something Positive: The car is currently being demonized less, “” as well. He had already spoken to you before from the car as a “mobile shelter”. “Now this advantage is obvious.”
Frey has defended his life long, the vehicle industry and the automobile. He led this struggle from 1987 onwards, also in the Federal house, as SVP-Nationalrat. This Engagement gave him “hurt in any case,” business.
According to Frey, a protector of the climate in the car are barking up the wrong tree
What is with the flight and road transport? Denouncing the climate of these wrong to? “The contribution of transport to climate change is small. The car traffic emits fewer greenhouse gases than all the cruise ships together which are in the end is just for enjoyment and not the Functioning of the economy and the society to ensure,” says Frey of the “Switzerland on the weekend”.
And that, in the climate debate, as earlier in the forest to die, or the fine dust, were confessions of faith instead of scientific facts in the foreground. “Those who mess with the green community of faith, is quickly a “conspirator” or a “denier”.”
As Ex-national Council Frey evaluated the current party leadership of the SVP? “I also think that Albert Rösti and Thomas Aeschi for strong personalities. Apart from that, Christoph Blocher is still there, he has a weekly TV Talk, a duty of broadcast journalists.” (laughs)
Whether you are an entrepreneur colleague, Franz Grüter new party to be President, does not want to say that Frey specifically. Only so much: “Franz Grüter is an excellent man, the thread just in the planning policy.” (uro)
