Michael Pieper

Michael Pieper (born 1946) is a Swiss billionaire businessman, the owner of the kitchen appliance manufacturer Franke, through his Artemis Group holding company. As of August 2026, his net worth was estimated at US$4.8 billion.

Early life Pieper was born in 1946. He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen. The owner Michael Pieper is number 804 on the Forbes list and is therefore also one of the 10 richest Swiss. Artemis for example also owns a controlling interest in precision cutting technology company Feintool and teak plantations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Pieper serves on the boards of several companies, including construction manufacturer Forbo and vehicle component manufacturer Autoneum. In 2020 he further acquired a 10% stake in the biotech startup company Tomorrowlabs GmbH alongside fellow investor and former Linde CEO Wolfgang Reitzle. The company was founded in Vienna in 2016 by the physician Dominik Duscher and the pharmacologist Dominik Thor on basis of the patent-pending HSF ("HIF strengthening factor") active ingredient intended to regenerate skin and hair.

Personal life Pieper is married, with two children, and lives in Lucerne, Switzerland. Pieper's children Nina and Alexander are involved in the Franke group and sit on the board of directors of Artemis Holding.