Per Wimmer

Per Wimmer (born 1968) is a Danish philanthropist, space advocate, entrepreneur, financier and author.

Per Wimmer

Wimmer owns and administers his own international corporate financial advisory firm, Wimmer Financial,[1] which he founded on the 50th anniversary of Sputnik day, October 4, 2007. Wimmer Financial specializes in global corporate finance, shares trading, real estate and natural resources.[2] Wimmer is a founding astronaut with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic; held a ticket to be the first astronaut onboard the XCOR Lynx rocketplane (now canceled) and holds a trip to space reservation with Space Adventures. He was expecting to be the first Danish citizen to enter space on board SpaceShipTwo. Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane to enter the space. However LA-based René Gross Kærskov is also claiming to become the first Danish citizen in space with Virgin Galactic.[3]

In September 2011, Wimmer published the book "Wall Street", about the bubbles in the financial markets, with anecdotes from his career in the world of global finance. In June 2014 he published his second book "The Green Bubble" in Sweden for the think tank Timbro, which argues there is a bubble within the renewable energy sector.

Education

Wimmer graduated with a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University with concentrations in business, finance and international relations on a Don K. Price Award for academic excellence, community contributions and potential leadership. Prior to founding his London-based corporate advisory firm, he worked in New York City and London for Goldman Sachs leaving the company as Executive Director for Institutional Sales of European Equity products advising on investments to Scandinavian-based financial institutions.[4]

References
  1. User, Super. "Home". www.wimmerfinancial.com.
  2. "Wimmer Financial LLP". Wimmerfinancial.com. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  3. "First Dane in Space?" (in Danish). Rumfartforfolket.com.
  4. "Who is Per Wimmer". Wimmerspace.com. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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