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César Ritz

1850 - 1918

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César Ritz, born Cäsar Ritz (23 February 1850 – 26 October 1918), was a Swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels, most famously the Hôtel Ritz in Paris and the Ritz and Carlton Hotels in London (the forerunners of the modern Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company). He was an early hotel chain founder known as "King of Hoteliers, and Hotelier to Kings," and it is from his name and that of his hotels that the term ritzy derives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. César Ritz is the 136th most popular businessperson (down from 118th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 114th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Businessperson.

César Ritz is most famous for being the founder of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and the Ritz Hotel in Paris.

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Among businesspeople, César Ritz ranks 136 out of 847. Before him are Gianni Infantino, Max Manus, Uli Hoeneß, Ronald Wayne, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe. After him are Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Gordon Moore, Lakshmi Mittal, Roy O. Disney, Ole Kirk Christiansen, and Lee Kun-hee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, César Ritz ranks 26. Before him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Frances Xavier Cabrini, William Morris Davis, Lafcadio Hearn, Besarion Jughashvili, and Ignác Goldziher. After him are Victoriano Huerta, Sami Frashëri, Mikhail Chigorin, Ivan Vazov, Pat Garrett, and Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1918, César Ritz ranks 49. Before him are Julius Wellhausen, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Charles-Émile Reynaud, István Tisza, Ivan Cankar, and Koloman Moser. After him are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Dostoevskaya, Emil Jellinek, John Bauer, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Victor Adler.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, César Ritz ranks 115 out of 1,015. Before him are Henri Guisan (1874), Gianni Infantino (1970), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Alexander Agassiz (1835), and Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821). After him are Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Albert Anker (1831), and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, César Ritz ranks 6. Before him are Sepp Blatter (1936), Joan Gamper (1877), Aga Khan IV (1936), Louis Chevrolet (1878), and Gianni Infantino (1970). After him are Peter Sauber (1943), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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