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| name = David de Pury
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| caption = De Pury in 1995
| birth_name = Patrice Lancelot David de Pury
| birth_name = Patrice Lancelot David de Pury
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|12|04}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|12|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Basel, Switzerland
| birth_place = [[Bern, Switzerland]]
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| death_place = Zurich, Switzerland
| death_place = [[Zürich, Switzerland]]
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| nationality = Swiss
| nationality = Swiss
| occupation = Businessman
| occupation = Businessman, diplomat
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| relatives = Simon de Pury
| spouse = Maria Eugenia Echeverria
| children = 2
| relatives = [[Simon de Pury]] (brother)
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'''Patrice Lancelot David de Pury'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Authier |first=Olivier |title=Jean-Jacques de PURY |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/olivierauthier?lang=en&n=de+pury&oc=0&p=jean+jacques |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Geneanet}}</ref> known as '''David de Pury''' (December 4, 1943 - December 27, 2000) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] businessman and diplomat. He was the Swiss trade ambassador, representing Swiss interests at the [[General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade]] and at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]]. He was the chair of [[ABB]], and chair and publisher of ''[[Le Temps]]''.
'''Patrice Lancelot "David" de Pury'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Authier |first=Olivier |title=Jean-Jacques de PURY |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/olivierauthier?lang=en&n=de+pury&oc=0&p=jean+jacques |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Geneanet}}</ref> colloquially '''David de Pury''' (4 December 1943 - 27 December 2000) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] businessman and diplomat. He was the Swiss trade ambassador, representing Swiss interests at the [[General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade]] and at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]]. He was the chair of [[ABB]], and chair and publisher of ''[[Le Temps]]''.


== Early life and education ==
== Biography ==
De Pury was born 4 December 1943 into nobility in [[Bern|Bern, Switzerland]] to Jean-Jacques de Pury (1911-1998), an attorney and president of Nippon Roche, the subsidiary of [[Roche]] in Japan, and Marguerite ([[Birth name|née]] Miescher; 1916-2007), an expert for [[Ikebana]].
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De Pury was born into a Swiss family that has been [[Nobilitate|nobilitated]] in 1651 by [[Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville|Henri II. d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville]] and had their origins in [[Neuchâtel|Neuchatel]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inderwildi |first=Frédéric |title=Pury |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/022390/2020-11-03/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse}}</ref> [[Switzerland]]. His father, Jacques de Pury, was an attorney and head of the Swiss pharmaceutical company [[Roche|Hoffmann-La Roche]] for which he led ''Nippon Roche'' in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. His younger brother is [[Simon de Pury]]. His niece is the actress and arts representative Loyse de Pury.


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His paternal family that has been [[Nobilitate|nobilitated]] in 1651 by [[Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville|Henri II. d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville]] and had their origins in [[Neuchâtel|Neuchatel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inderwildi |first=Frédéric |title=Pury |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/022390/2020-11-03/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse}}</ref> His brother is [[Simon de Pury]], auctioneer and former owner of [[Phillips (auctioneers)|Philips]]. His niece is Loyse de Pury, an actress and arts representative. On his maternal side he is of [[Canton of Bern|Bernese]] descent with his grandfather, H. Leonard Miescher-Riggenbach, being associated with the textile industry (Viscose Suisse and Steckborn Kunstseide).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Base de données des élites suisses {{!}} Miescher-Riggenbach, (Hans) Leonhard (1884 - 1955) |url=https://www2.unil.ch/elitessuisses/personne.php?id=52411 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www2.unil.ch}}</ref>
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De Pury was a delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements in Switzerland and served as Switzerland's Trade Ambassador,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0525/fgal.html|title=Europe Awaits US Trade List|date=25 May 1989|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> and representing the country at the [[General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade]] in 1987.<ref name="wto">{{cite web |url=https://www.wto.org/gatt_docs/English/SULPDF/91330180.pdf |title=Agreement on trade and tariffs |website=www.wto.org |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="americanhealth">{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanhealthstudies.org/wastenot/wn181.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207084402/http://www.americanhealthstudies.org/wastenot/wn181.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> De Pury succeeded [[:de:Fritz Leutwiler|Fritz Leutwiler]] as the Co-Chairman of [[ABB]], serving in that capacity from 1992 to 1996.<ref name= americanhealth/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/02/28/ABB-announces-record-results-for-1995/2201825483600/|title=ABB announces record results for 1995|website=UPI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Transforming Organisations Through Groupware: Lotus Notes in Action|first=Mark|last=Turrell|editor-first1=Peter|editor-last1=Lloyd|editor-first2=Roger|editor-last2=Whitehead|date=18 July 1996|publisher=Springer|pages=39–45|doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-3052-9_4}}</ref> He later served as the Chairman of BBC Brown Hoveri.<ref name= crimson>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1993/4/9/business-must-work-for-trade-pmultinational/|title=Business Must Work for Trade &#124; News &#124; The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/nexusbildback.html|title=Nexus Bilderberg article back matter}}</ref> He held a number of government offices, including working in the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]] in [[Bern]].<ref name= swissinfo/> He represented Switzerland in [[The Hague]], [[Brussels]] and [[Washington DC]].<ref name= swissinfo/> In the 1980s he served as the Governor for Switzerland at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]].<ref name= swissinfo/> He was a board member of [[Nestlé]], [[Ciba-Geigy]] and [[Zurich Insurance Group]] and chairman and publisher of ''[[Le Temps]]''.<ref name= swissinfo/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdSgcVZS6owC&dq=david+de+pury+chairman+of++ABB+Group&pg=PA54|title=Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans: Report of an Independent Task Force|first=Steven|last=Rattner|date=18 July 2000|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|isbn=9780876092675|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1996 he co-founded the wealth management firm de Pury, Pictet, Turrettini.<ref name= swissinfo/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citywire.ch/news/geneva-wm-reveals-how-being-an-esg-pioneer-paid-off/a1248147|title=Geneva WM reveals how being an ESG pioneer paid off}}</ref>

De Pury studied Law at the [[University of Geneva]] graduating with a [[Licentiate (degree)|Licentiate degree]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Base de données des élites suisses {{!}} Pury, de, David (1943 - 2000) |url=https://www2.unil.ch/elitessuisses/personne.php?id=53947 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www2.unil.ch}}</ref>

== Career ==
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De Pury was a delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements in Switzerland and served as Switzerland's Trade Ambassador,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0525/fgal.html|title=Europe Awaits US Trade List|date=25 May 1989|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> and representing the country at the [[General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade]] in 1987.<ref name="wto">{{cite web |url=https://www.wto.org/gatt_docs/English/SULPDF/91330180.pdf |title=Agreement on trade and tariffs |website=www.wto.org |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="americanhealth">{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanhealthstudies.org/wastenot/wn181.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207084402/http://www.americanhealthstudies.org/wastenot/wn181.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> De Pury succeeded [[:de:Fritz Leutwiler|Fritz Leutwiler]] as the Co-Chairman of [[ABB]], serving in that capacity from 1992 to 1996.<ref name="americanhealth" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/02/28/ABB-announces-record-results-for-1995/2201825483600/|title=ABB announces record results for 1995|website=UPI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Transforming Organisations Through Groupware: Lotus Notes in Action|first=Mark|last=Turrell|editor-first1=Peter|editor-last1=Lloyd|editor-first2=Roger|editor-last2=Whitehead|date=18 July 1996|publisher=Springer|pages=39–45|doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-3052-9_4}}</ref> He later served as the Chairman of [[BBC Brown Boveri]].<ref name="crimson">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1993/4/9/business-must-work-for-trade-pmultinational/|title=Business Must Work for Trade &#124; News &#124; The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/nexusbildback.html|title=Nexus Bilderberg article back matter}}</ref> He held a number of government offices, including working in the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]] in [[Bern]].<ref name="swissinfo" /> He represented Switzerland in [[The Hague]], [[Brussels]] and [[Washington DC]].<ref name="swissinfo" /> In the 1980s he served as the Governor for Switzerland at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]].<ref name="swissinfo" /> He was a board member of [[Nestlé]], [[Ciba-Geigy]] and [[Zurich Insurance Group]] and chairman and publisher of ''[[Le Temps]]''.<ref name="swissinfo" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdSgcVZS6owC&dq=david+de+pury+chairman+of++ABB+Group&pg=PA54|title=Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans: Report of an Independent Task Force|first=Steven|last=Rattner|date=18 July 2000|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|isbn=9780876092675|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1996 he co-founded the wealth management firm de Pury, Pictet, Turrettini.<ref name="swissinfo" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citywire.ch/news/geneva-wm-reveals-how-being-an-esg-pioneer-paid-off/a1248147|title=Geneva WM reveals how being an ESG pioneer paid off}}</ref>


De Pury was Vice President of the [[Lucerne Classical Music Festival]].<ref name= swissinfo/> In 1995 he called for a liberalization of the Swiss economy and was criticized for trying to "dismantle" the welfare state.<ref name="swissinfo" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/23/opinion/IHT-the-new-multilateral-trading-system-needs-urgent-attention.html|title=Opinion &#124; The New Multilateral Trading System Needs Urgent Attention|first1=David de|last1=Pury|first2=International Herald|last2=Tribune|newspaper=The New York Times |date=23 August 1995}}</ref> In April 1993 he spoke to university students at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] about governmental and commercial issues.<ref name="crimson" /> He was chosen to speak at the school due to his active role in the annual [[International Management Symposium]] in [[St Gallen]], Switzerland.<ref name="crimson" />
De Pury was Vice President of the [[Lucerne Classical Music Festival]].<ref name= swissinfo/> In 1995 he called for a liberalization of the Swiss economy and was criticized for trying to "dismantle" the welfare state.<ref name="swissinfo" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/23/opinion/IHT-the-new-multilateral-trading-system-needs-urgent-attention.html|title=Opinion &#124; The New Multilateral Trading System Needs Urgent Attention|first1=David de|last1=Pury|first2=International Herald|last2=Tribune|newspaper=The New York Times |date=23 August 1995}}</ref> In April 1993 he spoke to university students at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] about governmental and commercial issues.<ref name="crimson" /> He was chosen to speak at the school due to his active role in the annual [[International Management Symposium]] in [[St Gallen]], Switzerland.<ref name="crimson" />


== Personal life ==
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De Pury died from cancer on 27 December 2000 at a hospital in [[Zürich]].<ref name= swissinfo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-industrialist-and-diplomat--david-de-pury--dies/1816652|title=Swiss industrialist and diplomat, David de Pury, dies|website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref>
De Pury has been married to Maria Eugenia Echeverria, a native of [[Peru]], and former Ambassador of Peru to Romania.<ref>Death notice (L'express, 28 December 2000)

https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR20001228-01.1.27&e=------200-de-20--1--img-txIN-David+de+Pury----2000---0-----</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan por terminadas funciones de Embajadora Extraordinaria y Plenipotenciaria del Perú en Rumania, ante las Repúblicas de Moldavia, Macedonia, Montenegro y Croacia, y ante Bosnia y Herzegovina - RESOLUCION SUPREMA - N° 019-2022-RE - RELACIONES EXTERIORES |url=http://busquedas.elperuano.pe/dispositivo/NL/2040029-2 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=busquedas.elperuano.pe |language=es}}</ref><ref>https://transparencia.rree.gob.pe/index.php/datos-generales-11/13-normas-emitidas-por-la-entidad/131-resoluciones-ministeriales-rm/ano-2022-20/19698-rm-n-0184-23-03-2022/file</ref> He has been previously engaged with Sarah Lawrence Cueno.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Patrice Lancelot "David" de PURY |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/olivierauthier?lang=en&n=de+pury&p=patrice+lancelot+david |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref> They had two children;

* Miguel Alonso de Pury (born c. 1997)
* Beatriz de Pury (born c. 1999)

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He died from cancer on 27 December 2000 at a hospital in [[Zürich]].<ref name="swissinfo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-industrialist-and-diplomat--david-de-pury--dies/1816652|title=Swiss industrialist and diplomat, David de Pury, dies|website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:04, 21 April 2024

David de Pury
De Pury in 1995
Born
Patrice Lancelot David de Pury

(1943-12-04)4 December 1943
Bern, Switzerland
Died26 December 2000(2000-12-26) (aged 57)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Occupation(s)Businessman, diplomat
SpouseMaria Eugenia Echeverria
Children2
RelativesSimon de Pury (brother)
FamilyDe Pury

Patrice Lancelot "David" de Pury[1] colloquially David de Pury (4 December 1943 - 27 December 2000) was a Swiss businessman and diplomat. He was the Swiss trade ambassador, representing Swiss interests at the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade and at the Inter-American Development Bank. He was the chair of ABB, and chair and publisher of Le Temps.

Early life and education

De Pury was born 4 December 1943 into nobility in Bern, Switzerland to Jean-Jacques de Pury (1911-1998), an attorney and president of Nippon Roche, the subsidiary of Roche in Japan, and Marguerite (née Miescher; 1916-2007), an expert for Ikebana.

His paternal family that has been nobilitated in 1651 by Henri II. d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville and had their origins in Neuchatel.[2] His brother is Simon de Pury, auctioneer and former owner of Philips. His niece is Loyse de Pury, an actress and arts representative. On his maternal side he is of Bernese descent with his grandfather, H. Leonard Miescher-Riggenbach, being associated with the textile industry (Viscose Suisse and Steckborn Kunstseide).[3]

De Pury studied Law at the University of Geneva graduating with a Licentiate degree.[4]

Career

De Pury was a delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements in Switzerland and served as Switzerland's Trade Ambassador,[5] and representing the country at the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade in 1987.[6][7] De Pury succeeded Fritz Leutwiler as the Co-Chairman of ABB, serving in that capacity from 1992 to 1996.[7][8][9] He later served as the Chairman of BBC Brown Boveri.[10][11] He held a number of government offices, including working in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern.[12] He represented Switzerland in The Hague, Brussels and Washington DC.[12] In the 1980s he served as the Governor for Switzerland at the Inter-American Development Bank.[12] He was a board member of Nestlé, Ciba-Geigy and Zurich Insurance Group and chairman and publisher of Le Temps.[12][13] In 1996 he co-founded the wealth management firm de Pury, Pictet, Turrettini.[12][14]

De Pury was Vice President of the Lucerne Classical Music Festival.[12] In 1995 he called for a liberalization of the Swiss economy and was criticized for trying to "dismantle" the welfare state.[12][15] In April 1993 he spoke to university students at the Harvard Kennedy School about governmental and commercial issues.[10] He was chosen to speak at the school due to his active role in the annual International Management Symposium in St Gallen, Switzerland.[10]

Personal life

De Pury has been married to Maria Eugenia Echeverria, a native of Peru, and former Ambassador of Peru to Romania.[16][17][18] He has been previously engaged with Sarah Lawrence Cueno.[19] They had two children;

  • Miguel Alonso de Pury (born c. 1997)
  • Beatriz de Pury (born c. 1999)

He died from cancer on 27 December 2000 at a hospital in Zürich.[12]

References

  1. ^ Authier, Olivier. "Jean-Jacques de PURY". Geneanet. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ Inderwildi, Frédéric. "Pury". Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Base de données des élites suisses | Miescher-Riggenbach, (Hans) Leonhard (1884 - 1955)". www2.unil.ch. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Base de données des élites suisses | Pury, de, David (1943 - 2000)". www2.unil.ch. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Europe Awaits US Trade List". Christian Science Monitor. 25 May 1989.
  6. ^ "Agreement on trade and tariffs" (PDF). www.wto.org. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "ABB announces record results for 1995". UPI.
  9. ^ Turrell, Mark (18 July 1996). Lloyd, Peter; Whitehead, Roger (eds.). Transforming Organisations Through Groupware: Lotus Notes in Action. Springer. pp. 39–45. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3052-9_4.
  10. ^ a b c "Business Must Work for Trade | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
  11. ^ "Nexus Bilderberg article back matter".
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h "Swiss industrialist and diplomat, David de Pury, dies". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  13. ^ Rattner, Steven (18 July 2000). Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans: Report of an Independent Task Force. Council on Foreign Relations. ISBN 9780876092675 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Geneva WM reveals how being an ESG pioneer paid off".
  15. ^ Pury, David de; Tribune, International Herald (23 August 1995). "Opinion | The New Multilateral Trading System Needs Urgent Attention". The New York Times.
  16. ^ Death notice (L'express, 28 December 2000) https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR20001228-01.1.27&e=------200-de-20--1--img-txIN-David+de+Pury----2000---0-----
  17. ^ "Dan por terminadas funciones de Embajadora Extraordinaria y Plenipotenciaria del Perú en Rumania, ante las Repúblicas de Moldavia, Macedonia, Montenegro y Croacia, y ante Bosnia y Herzegovina - RESOLUCION SUPREMA - N° 019-2022-RE - RELACIONES EXTERIORES". busquedas.elperuano.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  18. ^ https://transparencia.rree.gob.pe/index.php/datos-generales-11/13-normas-emitidas-por-la-entidad/131-resoluciones-ministeriales-rm/ano-2022-20/19698-rm-n-0184-23-03-2022/file
  19. ^ "Family tree of Patrice Lancelot "David" de PURY". Geneanet. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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