Pierre Zimmermann | |
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| Born | May 26, 1955 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | HEC Lausanne, EPFL |
| Known for | Contract bridge, Real estate |
| Children | Maelle, Justin, Laureline, Yann-Nicolas, Tiffany |
Pierre Zimmermann is a Swiss bridge player, captain of the Swiss national team, number one individual player in the world since September 13, 2021, six-time world champion1, nine-time North American champion, seven-time European champion and one-time South American champion. He is also an organizer of tournaments, including the Monaco Cavendish since 20123 and the transnational European winter team championships since 2016, the last in 2024 at Alpe d'Huez.
Pierre Zimmermann is founder and CEO of Zimmermann Immobilier, a real estate company in French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Vaud, Valais, Fribourg). He is also co-owner of two French groups, GCK (hydrogen, electricity, motors, batteries, etc.) and Les Étincelles, the largest hotel group in the French Alps.
Biography
Pierre Zimmermann was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on 26 May 1955. He studied mathematics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne from 1973 to 1978 and, at the same time, business administration at HEC Lausanne from 1975 to 1979.
He has five children, including blogger, Tiffany Lea and Yann he had with ex-wife, artist Christine Zimmermann. [1]
Professional career
In 1979, Pierre Zimmermann joined IBM in Zurich where he worked for five years. He then worked for Hill+Knowlton Strategies [1] as an assistant corporate controller for Europe until 1985. From 1986 to 1988, he worked for Finagrain as a financial analyst, and then joined BBHQ (a venture capital firm) in 1988 again as a financial analyst.
In 1990, Pierre Zimmermann left BBHQ to create the Régie Zimmermann [1] (today known as Zimmermann Immobilier), a real estate company in Geneva. In 2006, he opened a subsidiary in Lausanne.
Bridge career
Pierre Zimmermann started playing bridge occasionally in 1975 during his studies, but only started to play seriously in 1998. He obtained his first World Champion's title in 2007 in Shanghai [2] his second in 2009 in São Paulo. [3] and his third one in Chennai in 2015.
For several years, Zimmermann partnered with the professional player Franck Multon. Together they formed teams with top professional pairs, most recently Sebastiaan Drijver, Sjoert Brink, Michal Tomasz Klukowski and Piotr Stanislaw Gawrys, who form the Swiss team that won the 2022 World Championship. In 2019, these players all moved to Geneva to take up residence and become eligible for international competitions as part of the national team. They represented Switzerland and won one World Championship, two European Championships, one North American Championship and finished second in three European Championships.
Pierre Zimmermann will take second place in the Champions Cup in November 2021 and November 2022. He also finished second at the Madeira 2022 European Nations Championship.
Pierre Zimmermann sponsors the Cavendish (won twice) and Wintergames European Transnational Championships (WG) bridge events in Monaco from 2016 to 2020 and in Tignes from 21 to 27 April 2023. Pierre Zimmermann's ambition is to create a transnational senior championship.
He is a nine-time champion of the North American tournament, a seven-time European champion, a one-time champion of the South American tournament and a six-time world champion.
Bridge accomplishments
Gold medals
World Championships
- Bermuda Bowl (World Bridge Teams Championships) 2022, 2023 [4]
- Rosenblum Cup (Transnational), 2018
- World Transnational Open Teams Championship 2007, 2009, 2015 [3]
North America Championships
- Vanderbilt 2010 [5]
- Reisinger 2012, 2013, 2022 [6]
- Spingold 2011, 2012, 2018, 2022 [7]
- Soloway Cup 2023
South American Championships
- South American Bridge Championship, Buenos Aires, 2023
European Championships
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European Bridge League
- European Open Championships, mixed teams, 2011 Poznan [8]
- European Team Championships, open, 2012 Dublin, [9] 2021 Online
- Wintergames 2016, 2020, 2024
- Champions' Cup, 2016, Zagreb
Divers
- World SportAccord, 2013, Pékin [10] [11]
- Cavendish, 2010 (Las Vegas), 2012 (Monaco)
References
- ^ a b c http://www.clairebridge.com/textes/zimmerman_joiedevivre.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.lebridgeur.com/media/figaro/pdf/bc7400b128fece0a4585351eef7d3357.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b World Transnational Open Teams Winners Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Bermuda Bowl | World Bridge Federation".
- ^ "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ "5th European Open Bridge Championships".
- ^ "51st European Team Championships - Results". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Info System : Schedule". sportresult.com via Internet Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2024..
- ^ "Info System: Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
