Martullo-Blocher was born 13 August 1969 in Männedorf, Zürich, Switzerland, the eldest of four children, to Christoph Blocher (b. 1940) and Silvia Blocher (née Kaiser; b. 1945). Her father is a former member of the Federal Council of Switzerland for the Swiss People's Party, who acquired EMS-Chemie in Domat/Ems in 1983 and turned it into a conglomerate. Her personal net worth is estimated by Forbes at $6.5. billion.[4]
From 1994 to 1996, she was Product Manager at Johnson & Johnson.[5] Between 1996 and 2000 she worked as Marketing Manager for the Swiss department at Rivella AG, a soft drink producer.
In January 2001, she joined the Ems Group and eight months later, she became a member of the Board of Directors. Since August 2002, she has been its Vice Chairman. When her father was elected to the Federal Council in the 2003 elections, he handed over his shareholding to his four children. Martullo-Blocher, who was heavily pregnant, took over the management of the company in January 2004.[6] She is now the majority shareholder in the EMS-Chemie corporation.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, she ranked 255th on the list of the world's richest people, with an estimated wealth of $9.76 billion.[7]
Political career
Martullo-Blocher was elected as a member of the National Council in the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections on a list of the SVP Graubünden.[8] She is active in the Commission for Economic Affairs and Taxation (WAK) and in her electoral district.[9] Since 2018 she is the Vice-President of the SVP.[10]
Martello-Blocher is a firm defender of a Swiss neutrality[12] and in view to the Russian Ukrainian conflict, she lamented that Switzerland joined the EU sanctions regime against Russia.[13] Instead she demanded peace negotiations as the sanctions enacted by the European Union (EU) against Russia mainly affected the EU.[13]
Personal life
She is married with three children and lives in Feldmeilen, Switzerland.[5]
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