Martullo-Blocher is the chief executive officer of Ems-Chemie Holding, a publicly traded specialty chemicals manufacturer. The Herrliberg, Switzerland-based company makes high performance polymers and polyamide materials, and reported revenue of 2.3 billion Swiss francs ($2.4 billion) in 2018.
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The majority of Martullo-Blocher's fortune is derived from a 30% stake in Ems-Chemie Holding, a publicly traded manufacturer of chemicals and polymers. The Herrliberg, Switzerland-based company had revenue of 2.3 billion Swiss francs ($2.4 billion) in 2018.
Martullo-Blocher controls the shares through a 49.5% stake in Emesta Holding, which owns 60.8% of Ems-Chemie's shares, according to the Ems-Chemie 2018 annual report. Her sister, Rahel Blocher, also owns 49.5% of Emesta and another sister, Miriam Blocher, owns the remaining 1% of Emesta, according to the Orbis company database. Miriam has an 8.9% stake in Ems-Chemie directly, according to the annual report.
The value of her cash investments is based on an analysis of dividends, insider transactions, taxes, charitable contributions and market performance.
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher was born to Silvia and Christoph Blocher in Mannedorf, Switzerland on Aug. 13, 1969. She received an MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
She worked as a manager at Johnson & Johnson from 1994 to 1996, before joining Rivella, a Swiss soft drink maker, where she introduced their new Rivella Vert drink. She became a member of the board of directors of Ems-Chemie in 2001.
Martullo-Blocher became chief executive of the group when her father was elected to the Federal Council of the Swiss Government, heading the Federal Justice and Police Department. Christoph Blocher, a retired Air Force Regiment Commander and Colonel, passed his shares onto his four children in 2004.
With her sister Rahel, also a billionaire, Martullo-Blocher owns most of Ems-Chemie. Their siblings Markus and Miriam have sold shares over the years to Magdalena and Rahel.
She lives in Switzerland.