Golnar Abivardi
Golnar Abivardi (left) and Haleh Abivardi (right)
BornMarch 1973
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, dentist
Known forCo-founder of Swiss Smile and vVardis

Golnar Abivardi and Haleh Abivardi, also known as Abivardi Sisters, are Swiss dentists and entrepreneurs, known for their chain of dental clinics called Swiss Smile.[1][2]

Early life and education

Their father was a natural scientist at ETH Zurich and their mother was the director of a school for the English language.[3] Moving within the country, they started working different side jobs as teenagers, receiving their Matura in Zürich.[4][3][2] Both studied dentistry at the University of Zurich; Haleh Abivardi from 1990 to 1996, finishing her dissertation in 1998,[5] and her younger sister Golnar from 1993 to 1998, finishing hers in 2001.[4]

Career

After working as employed dentists, Haleh Abivardi, the older sibling, took over a dental practice in Amriswil in 2001, opening the Abivardi & Abivardi practice with her younger sister.[3] In 2002, they founded Swiss Smile with its first clinic at the ShopVille shopping mall at Zürich Central Station.[2] The business idea is inspired by the mall itself, featuring f. e. long opening hours.[6][7][8][9]

In 2017 the Swiss Jacobs Holding bought a share from the Abivardi sisters and from Swedish EQT Partners that had acquired a minority interest in 2013.[6] They exited their shareholdings in Swiss Smile and the parent company Colosseum Dental in 2020.[10][11]

In August 2019, the two sisters founded vVardis AG with a registered office in Baar (Zug, Switzerland), an oral care company that includes Credentis AG (acquired in 2020) and its portfolio of oral care technologies.[12][9]

Personal life

Haleh Abivardi has four children and is married. Golnar is the mother of two children and also married.[2]

Recognition and philanthropy

Besides being engaged in charity organisations offering free dental care for people in need,[13] both Abivardi sisters received the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award for Switzerland in 2007.[14] In addition, CNBC Magazine described their approach in 2007 as revolutionary.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Carryn Dewing (April 28, 2008). "Swiss sisters smiling all the way to the bank". realbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Lofthouse: Bright Prospects, CNBC Europe Magazin, p. 28, October 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 Claudia Landolt (February 20, 2015). "Smile! So bauten die Abivardi-Schwestern ihr Reich auf" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Executive Profile: Golnar Abivardi Signer". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Executive Profile: Haleh Abivardi Brönner". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Aurel Jörg (June 7, 2017). "Jacobs Holding übernimmt Swiss Smile" (in German). NZZ. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Davide Mirabile (November 5, 2009). "Mit Pioniergeist zum Erfolg" (in German). derarbeitsmarkt.ch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  8. ↑ BrandVoice Swiss Smile (2019-03-15). "Swiss Smile oferece luxo até os dentes". Forbes Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  9. 1 2 Rafaela Roth, Mit Haleh und Golnar Abivardi sprachen Nicola Brusa und (2017-08-23). ""Wir hatten 100'000 Franken, brauchten aber drei Millionen"". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  10. ↑ Marc Kowalsky (June 27, 2017). "Investition mit Biss: Jacobs übernimmt Swiss Smile" (in German). Bilanz. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ Giorgio V. Müller. "Jacobs: Der Kaffee-Riese krempelt die Zahnarztbranche um". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  12. ↑ AG, Easymonitoring. "swiss shine beauty AG". Easymonitoring. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  13. ↑ "Gratis-Zahnarzt für Randständige: Abivardi-Schwestern feiern 10. Jubiläum - Unterstützung für Pfarrer Siebers Hilfsprojekt" (in German). ch-news.ch. November 20, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  14. ↑ Isobel Leybold-Johnson (April 24, 2007). "Businesswomen of the year raise a smile". Swissinfo. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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