Willi Leuthold

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Willi Leuthold (5 September 1897 – 24 August 1980) was a Swiss businessman. He was a director in the wholesale trade and Swiss honorary consul in Singapore. From 1944 he was a partner in the long-established retail and coffee business Rieser & Co. in St. Gallen, which he took over in 1953 and built up into a major food wholesale business under the name Leuthold & Co.

Biography

Willi Leuthold was born on 5 September 1897 in Zurich, the son of Hermann Leuthold, a lithographer, and Sophie née von Fels. He married Delia Karrer.

Leuthold completed a commercial apprenticeship (kaufmännische Lehre) in St. Gallen. He worked as a director in the wholesale trade and was Swiss honorary consul in Singapore.

From 1944 Leuthold was an active partner in the long-established retail and coffee business Rieser & Co. in St. Gallen. In 1953 he took over the business and built it up under the name Leuthold & Co. into a major food wholesale business. In 1969 he handed it over to his son Juan. He died in St. Gallen on 24 August 1980.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Leuthold, Willi​, Peter Müller, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

• Gallusstadt, 1981, 227–228
• 222 Jahre Lebensmittel Gross- und Detailhandel "hinterm Turm" in St.Gallen, 1983