Introduction
Per Wimmer (born 1968) is a Danish philanthropist, space advocate, entrepreneur, financier and author.
Wimmer owns and administers his own international corporate financial advisory firm, Wimmer Financial, which he founded on the 50th anniversary of Sputnik day, October 4, 2007. Wimmer Financial specializes in global corporate finance, shares trading, real estate and natural resources. Wimmer is a founding astronaut with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic; held a ticket to be the first astronaut onboard the XCOR Lynx rocketplane (now canceled) and holds a trip to space reservation with Space Adventures. He was expecting to be the first Danish citizen to enter space on board SpaceShipTwo. Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane to enter the space. However LA-based René Gross Kærskov is also claiming to become the first Danish citizen in space with Virgin Galactic.
In September 2011, Wimmer published the book "Wall Street", about the bubbles in the financial markets, with anecdotes from his career in the world of global finance. In June 2014 he published his second book "The Green Bubble" in Sweden for the think tank Timbro, which argues there is a bubble within the renewable energy sector. The book has also been published at one of Denmark's largest publishing houses, Gyldendal.
On Oct 6, 2008, Wimmer participated in a tandem skydive 17.8 miles away from Mount Everest with Ralph Mitchell as tandem master. After six days of trekking, Wimmer & Mitchell flew in a Pilatus Porter airplane to an altitude of 29,500 feet (ca. 9 km), just above Syangboche Airport, free-falling for one minute before opening the parachute and landing at the Drop Zone at 12,350 feet (ca. 4 km).
Wimmer bought a ticket to the Russian submersible Mir 1, in connection with the centennial of the construction and sinking of the Titanic. Mir 1 was supposed to dive to 3.8 km depth to Titanic in July 2012, however the dive never took place.
Education
Wimmer graduated in 1987 with concentrations in mathematics and physics from Slagelse Gymnasium. He has a French Baccalaureate with concentrations in philosophy and French literature.
He graduated with a Master of Laws degree from University of London in 1991-92 and in 1988-93 received B.A. and M.A. degrees in law from University of Copenhagen while serving as student member of the Governing Board of the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law. He graduated at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, earning an M.A. degree in European political science co-producing the yearbook, and delivered the student body speech at graduation. He also published a book, in French, on the future of Europe ("Vers une Europe a la carte: Analyse des derogations apres Maastricht, PIE, 1995.
Wimmer graduated with a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University with concentrations in business, finance and international relations on a Don K. Price Award for academic excellence, community contributions and potential leadership. Prior to founding his London-basedinternational corporate advisory firm, he worked in New York City and London for Goldman Sachs leaving the company as Executive Director for Institutional Sales of European Equity products advising on investments to Scandinavian-based financial institutions.