Hansjorg Wyss Net Worth

He recently sold Synthes to Johnson & Johnson for just over $21 billion, and is now considering retiring and stepping down as Chairman of Synthes. He is a generous philanthropist, and serves on the board of multiple charities focused on ecology and conservation. In 2008, he gave Harvard its largest donation from a single source ever, by donating $125 million to fund a new multi-disciplinary science center.