Adolf Guyer-Zeller (1 May 1839 – 3 April 1899) was a Swiss entrepreneur.

Born in Bäretswil, Switzerland on 1 May 1839, Guyer-Zeller was the son of an owner of spinning mill and creator of a textile export trade in Zürich. After the death of his father, he led the company. He studied at the Swiss Federal Ins*ute of Technology in Zürich.

Later, he turned his attentions to what had become a booming business, the building of railways in Switzerland. He became, among other things, a president of the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB). Guyer-Zeller was also the founder of Jungfrau Railway, (JB) and the Uerikon-Bauma Railway (UeBB). In order to finance the JB, he founded the Bank Guyerzeller AG in 1894, which became fully owned by HSBC in 2004.

On 3 April 1899, Guyer-Zeller, aged 59, died of a heart attack in Zürich.

Gallery

• Spinning mill in Neuthal.

• Train p*ing in front of the mill.

External links

• Adolf Guyer-Zeller in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.