Nicolas George Hayek (19 February 1928 – 28 June 2010) was a Lebanese-Swiss businessman, and the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group.[2]
Early life and education
Hayek was born the second of three children to a Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian family. His father trained as a dentist at Loyola University Chicago. He had an older sister, Mona,[3] and a younger brother, Sam.[4] Hayek studied at the University of Lyon.
Personal life
Hayek met Marianne Mezger, an au pair and the daughter of Swiss industrialist Eduard Mezger, in Beirut in 1950. They married in 1951 and moved to Switzerland.