Vera Michalski

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vera Michalski
Occupation	Publisher
Date Of Birth	Nov 5, 1954(1954-11-05)
Age	70
Birthplace	Basel
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Basel-Stadt
Horoscope	Scorpio

Vera Michalski Biography

Vera Michalski is one of the most popular and richest Publisher who was born on November 5, 1954 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. The mother of Vera’s, Daria Razumovsky, was the descendant of Russian immigrants who left their homeland to escape the Russian Revolution. The tale about her mother’s early years (from 1914 until 1919) was translated and published in 1990. A diary written by the mother of Vera and aunts was published as well.

The year 1983 was the time she got married to in 1983 a Polish man known as Jan Michalski (1953-2002), who she had met while they both were students at University of Geneva.

In 1986, Vera Michalski created Les Éditions Noir sur Blanc in Montricher with her husband, Jan Michalski. The idea was to publish writers –essentially of Slavic origins– and to offer fiction (novels, short stories, plays and poetry) as well as non-fiction (essays, documents, eye-witness accounts, personal journal and memoires) bearing witness to critical periods in the history of countries such as Poland and Russia.

In the autumn of 2007, Vera Michalski announced the creation of the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher, Switzerland. This foundation acquired a former summer camp and converted it into a centre welcoming writers. Several of them can stay simultaneously and for different lengths of time, never to exceed one year, however. Plans are underway to add “an exhibit space, an auditorium for concerts, symposiums, lectures or screenings, and a library”. The foundation awards certain writers with grants and from time to time underwrites certain publishing projects.

Vera Michalski-Hoffmann (born 5 November 1954 at Basel) is an Swiss billionaire philanthropist and a major shareholder in Roche Holding and publisher. She is head of numerous publishing houses across Switzerland, France and Poland that are all part of the holding company Libella SA, based in Lausanne. She was the founder of her own foundation, the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher.

Vera Michalski Net Worth

Vera Michalski is one of the richest Publisher from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vera Michalski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From the age of 16 Vera Hoffmann (of Swiss and Austrian origins) resided in Camargue in the Tour du Valat research facility situated 28 km away from Arles. The center’s activities were primarily agricultural in dimension, and the power was provided via an generator. His father Luc Hoffmann (1923-2016) was the founder of the centre. With a doctorate in Zoology, he devoted the majority of his thoughts, time and money to conserving and conserving the natural world. In the year 1961, he and Peter Scott, son of the famed South Pole pioneer, established the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Today, with the support of the MAVA Foundation of the Scott family. MAVA Foundation, this research centre has evolved into an important international centre for the protection and research of Mediterranean wetland ecosystems. The Foundation is the owner of over 2,500 hectares worth of wetland in the Camargue region is responsible for the protection of the region.

Vera was a student at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva where she began work on her dissertation entitled “Le phenomene des compagnons de route du communisme en France, de 1928 a 1939″ (The phenomenon of communism’s road partners in France from 1928 until 1939”). In the end, she decided to suspend her doctoral research to pursue publishing.

Through her publishing business, Vera Michalski aims to provide a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures. She and her husband began working in this area in 1986, before the fall of the Berlin Wall, when cultural exchanges were rather difficult. She speaks five languages fluently (French, German, English, Spanish and Polish) and some Russian.

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Vera Ranked on the list of most popular Publisher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Vera Michalski celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.