industry consumer products founded 1986 1986 headquarters sihleggstrasse 23 wollerau switzerland number of locations 40 area served worldwide key people philip zepter founder president ceo & chairman products cooking dishes cleaning systems purification systems medical products cosmetics exclusive items revenue us 5 billion 2012 1 net income us 2 billion 2012 2 number of employees 130 000 website http zepter.com a zepter store in monaco zepter international is a global enterprise which produces sells and distributes consumer goods around the world principally by way of direct sales and also through stores . zepter s products are manufactured in 7 zepter factories based in germany italy and switzerland . it was established in linz austria in 1986 . its founder is philip zepter an entrepreneur and emigrant from yugoslavia today s serbia . due to this business he has become one of the richest serbians with a net worth estimated at 5 billion us . 3 today he resides in monaco . contents 1 development 2 market positioning and recognition 3 references 4 external links development edit zepter international began distributing worldwide stainless steel cookware and tableware accessories manufactured in its own plant in milan italy . in 1996 zepter group acquired two companies based in switzerland and thus branched out into the markets of light therapy medical devices by the purchase of bioptron ag wollerau ; cosmetics through intercosmetica neuch tel sa neuch tel. after these investments the company s headquarters moved to switzerland . later on zepter finance holding ag was established providing services in the fields of private pensions health care insurance and property . market positioning and recognition edit zepter products are sold in more than forty countries where zepter mainly searches for business managers 4 that should organize the product demonstrations and convince people to buy zepter products . references edit philip zepter president and founder of zepter international business initiative directions archived september 3 2013 at the wayback machine . wprost polish magazine key zepter job position external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zepter international & oldid 730835555 categories companies of switzerlandcompanies established in 19861986 establishments in austriaswiss brandshidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages magyarpolski suomi edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 11 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view