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title: "Fondation Botnar: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Fondation Botnar is a philanthropic foundation based in Basel, Switzerland, holding CHF 4 billion in assets. The foundation was founded in 2003 by Marcela Botnar, wife of businessman and philanthropist Octav Botnar."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fondation-botnar
type: Organization
wikidata: Q60746967
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondation_Botnar
website: https://www.fondationbotnar.org
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Fondation Botnar

> Fondation Botnar is a philanthropic foundation based in Basel, Switzerland, holding CHF 4 billion in assets. The foundation was founded in 2003 by Marcela Botnar, wife of businessman and philanthropist Octav Botnar.

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## Facts

- Category: Health and life sciences
- Country: Switzerland
- Founded: 2003-01-01
- Headquarters: Basel
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.fondationbotnar.org

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Fondation Botnar, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fondation-botnar#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60746967, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondation_Botnar

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