Mr Leutwiler chose to become chairman of Brown Boveri, an ailing Swiss manufacturing company, and guided through its merger with Asea of Sweden to become Asea Brown Boveri, one of the world's leading engineering companies.
ECONOMIST: Fritz Leutwiler
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ABB, the company that arose from the 1988 merger of the Swedish firm ASEA and the Swiss one Brown Boveri, is hoping to get a lot more business like that.
FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas
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Assets: Over 4% of ABB, parent of Swiss-Swedish Asea Brown Boveri.