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R. James Breiding (born October 17, 1958) is a Swiss-American author and founder of the investment firm Naissance Capital and the non-profit organization S8nations.

Career
Breiding is a graduate of IMD Lausanne and the Harvard Kennedy School.

He worked as a chartered accountant and senior manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers, a director at NM Rothschild & Sons and managing director at Templeton Investment. In 1999, he founded, with the support of Sir John Templeton and other investors, Naissance Capital, a Swiss boutique investment firm.

Breiding is the author of Swiss Made: The Untold Story behind Switzerland's Success and Too Small To Fail: Why Some Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World and co-author of Wirtschaftswunder Schweiz. He was selected as a Fellow by the Center for International Development at Harvard University in connection with his research on Swiss Made and Too Small to Fail. He has been awarded fellowship at Collegium Helveticum, a research institute at the ETH and the University of Zurich.

In connection with Swiss Made, Breiding organized various events together with Swiss embassies and chambers of commerce. Furthermore, he participated in symposia and gave lectures at universities on the success story of Switzerland. In 2014, Swiss Made was selected by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss council for the arts, as the book that best conveys Swiss values and culture.

Inspired by his latest book, Too Small to Fail, Breiding founded the non-profit organization S8nations in 2020 with headquarters in Zurich.

His articles and essays have appeared in The Economist, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs , The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times , among other publications.

Articles and Essays

 * The Unbearable Vanity of Davos 2013, The Wall Street Journal.
 * A Matter of Taste and Millions 2013, The Wall Street Journal.
 * Outlawing high pay will cost Switzerland dear 2013, Financial Times.
 * Even if Federer's Game Wanes, His Money Making Potential May Not 2013, The New York Times.
 * Swiss immigration poll is only the start 2014, Financial Times.
 * Hail to the Thieves: Why FIFA's Problems are so Intractable 2015, Foreign Affairs.
 * Dealer Robert Landau playing the long game 2016, Financial Times.
 * The Myth of Ownership 2016, Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
 * Helmut Maucher, Nestlé chief executive, 1927-2018 2018, Financial Times.
 * Too Small To Fail 2019, Medium Corporation.

Events

 * Swiss Day at Harvard 2013, Harvard University.

Lectures

 * Lecture at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs 2013, Princeton University.
 * Lecture at Columbia University 2020, Columbia University.

Interviews

 * Interview with R. James Breiding on CNBC 2013, CNBC.
 * Interview with R. James Breiding on CNN 2018, CNNMoney Switzerland.

Further links

 * Naissance Capital (official website)
 * Swiss Made (official website)
 * S8nations (official website)