The Swiss entrepreneur is considered a wily string puller – and brought Uefa together with the financial investor Centricus.
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Zurich The Swiss owner of Constantin Film and Sport1, media entrepreneur Bernhard Burgener, is looking for new investors. The 65-year-old wants to curb the influence of major shareholder Alexander Studhalter, who has been on the US sanctions list since the end of last year because of his connections to Russia. This was confirmed by Peter von Büren, CFO of Burgener’s listed investment company “Highlight Event and Entertainment” in an interview with the Handelsblatt.
Studhalter, a lawyer and entrepreneur from Lucerne, is suspected of acting as a trustee for the Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov. He was the first Swiss citizen to face US sanctions since Russia attacked Ukraine. Studhalter has denied the allegation.
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