39:(founded: 1947) in 1965. Only one year later, after the father's passing, Andy took over together with a family friend Beda Diethelm. Andy Rihs' brother Hans-Ueli joined a few years later. The trio developed the company over the course of decades into the world's largest hearing aid company with 17,000 employees worldwide and an annual turnover of CHF 2.4 billion. The hearing aid company was renamed Phonak and in the new century,
127:. He narrowly didn't live to see Young Boys winning their first Swiss championship since 32 years in a game at Wankdorf against FC Luzern on 28th April 2018, only 10 days after Rihs' passing. The title was therefore also dedicated to Andy. In 2022, brother Hans-Ueli Rihs took on full ownership of the club and stadium by buying out Andy's family.
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