'The life of the Swiss conductor and billionaire Paul Sacher has been described as fifty lives full of secrets. Conductor, music- and arts-patron, businessman, entrepreneur Paul Sacher was all those things.' But how was it that a man born into a family with no musical background was able to shape the face of contemporary classical music for more than sixty years? How did the same man, who grow up in modest circumstances, ultimately become one of the world's wealthiest men? And how did he come to be the driving force behind one of the world's most powerful pharmaceutical empires for more than a century? These questions and many more are answered in Lesley Stephenson's revealing biography of Paul Sacher.

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Lesley Stephenson was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia. She studied law and languages at Sydney University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In the 1980s she made a career as an opera and concert singer, working with conductors and producers such as Pierre Boulez, Paul Daniel, François Rochaix and David Freeman. She has been based in Switzerland since 1974.