Article: Paul Sacher

Paul Sacher, industrialist, conductor and arts patron

Born: 28 April, 1906, in Basel, Switzerland Died: 26 May, 1999, in Basel, aged 93

PAUL Sacher, reputedly one of the world's richest men, devoted his life and his fortune to his love of music. He and other family members had a controlling stake in the pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG, with an estimated joint fortune of at least GBP 11 billion Sacher was one of the world's most influential arts patrons and inspiration to countless contemporary composers, including Benjamin Britten, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok and Bohuslav Martinu. Britten once described him as a "model as patron and performer". In addition to helping ...

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