Marcel Niederer (born 9 September 1960 in St. Gallen) is a

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entrepreneur and former ice hockey player. He mainly became famous by his sports career and the investment in

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 ...

Life

Career

He is a host couple’s son who was born in St. Gallen and spent his childhood in

Uzwil Uzwil is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Uzwil was first mentioned in 819 as ''Uzzinwilare''. The village of Henau was first mentioned 754 as ''Villa Aninauva'' at th ...

. Soon he started helping out his parents in their hotel/restaurant. At the age of eight, Marcel Niederer joined the junior-teams of the Ice-Hockey-Team in Uzwil. At the age of 17, he made his debut in the first team of the EHC Uzwil, which then was playing in the

National League B The Swiss League, also known as the Sky Swiss League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League (ice hockey), National League. The winners of the league each ...

. Two years later he made the final leap into the Top Swiss Hockey League (

National League A The National League (NL) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss league system. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league was known as National League A. During the 2018–19 season, the league h ...

) team of

Lausanne HC Lausanne Hockey Club is an ice hockey team based in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, which competes in the National League (NL). During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the HC Lausanne signed National Hockey League players Martin St. Louis and Andy Ro ...

. Altogether, Marcel Niederer has been playing seven years in the National League A (Lausanne HC,

ZSC Lions The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and played at the ...

and

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the te ...

). He became Swiss Champion twice (1981 and 1983 with EHC Biel). Marcel Niederer let his career fade away in the National League B and 1st League with EHC Uzwil. In parallel with his sports career, Marcel Niederer received a commercial apprenticeship as a trustee and afterwards, he finished his studies in

marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

and

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

at the university of applied sciences in

Olten Olten (; High Alemannic: ''Oute'') is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare. After a period of de ...

Entrepreneur

After his studies and his sports career, Marcel Niederer founded a trust company, which offered fiduciary services. Additionally, he was buying old buildings in order to renovate them. Since 1991, Marcel Niederer displaced his activities to

Eastern Germany The new states of Germany () are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that unified with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 "old states" upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The ...

and

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. A number of years following, Marcel Niederer was selling bananas and mandarins in Eastern Germany and subsequently instant coffee (

Nescafé Nescafé is a brand of instant coffee sold by the multinational food and drink corporation Nestlé. It comes in many different forms. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café". Nestlé first introduced their flagship coffee br ...

) and fashion (leather goods and clothing from MCM

Modern Creation Munich MCM Worldwide is a luxury fashion brand originally founded in 1976 by fashion designer Michael Cromer. The brand’s signature logo-printed material, called Cognac Visetos, appears on many of its products. Its brass plate insignia is found on al ...

) in Russia. Until 2021 Marcel Niederer was doing business in Russia. Since 2003 Marcel Niederer invested in Belinda Bencic’s tennis career. He was also her manager. Since 2006, Marcel Niederer operates in building new apartment blocks in Eastern Switzerland. 2020 Marcel Niederer bought the land of the former Posthotel in Arosa and built the new suites hote
Postresidenz am See
The hotel is planned to open in November 2023. Niederer is married with three daughters. His youngest child, Christina Niederer, is a former figure skater and dancer. After finishing her bachelor and master studies at th
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Christina Niederer worked for several years in banking before joining the family business in the real estate and hospitality industry. Marcel Niederer lives with his family in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

References

External links

* * Daniel Germann
''NZZ Belinda Bencic. Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte einer Karriere.''

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vom 2. September 2015 * René Stauffer
''Tagesanzeiger «Ich spürte, wie ernst es Belinda und Ivan ist».''

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vom 7. Oktober 2015 * Christopher Clarey
''New York Times Belinda Bencic Is a Phenom Who Loves to Lob.''

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vom 22. Januar 2016 (englisch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Niederer, Marcel 1960 births Living people Swiss business executives Swiss ice hockey players Sportspeople from St. Gallen (city) Ice hockey people from the canton of St. Gallen