Английская Википедия:Golnar and Haleh Abivardi

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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 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]

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