Pierre Zimmermann (bridge)

In 1979, Pierre Zimmermann joined IBM in Zurich where he worked for five years. He then worked for Hill+Knowlton Strategies[6] as an assistant corporate controller for Europe until 1985. From 1986 to 1988, he worked for Finagrain as a financial analyst, and then joined BBHQ (a venture capital firm) in 1988 again as a financial analyst.

In 1990, Pierre Zimmermann left BBHQ to create the Régie Zimmermann[6] (today known as Zimmermann Immobilier), a real estate company in Geneva. In 2006, he opened a subsidiary in Lausanne. In 2013 Zimmermann Immobilier reached 100 million Swiss francs in gross rental income.

Pierre Zimmermann started playing bridge occasionally in 1975 during his studies, but only started to play seriously in 1998. He obtained his first World Champion's title in 2007 in Shanghai[7] his second in 2009 in São Paulo.[2] and his third one in Chennai.

For several years, Zimmermann partnered with the professional player Franck Multon. Together they formed teams with top professional pairs, most recently Geir Helgemo–Tor Helness of Norway and Fulvio Fantoni–Claudio Nunes of Italy.[8] In 2010 these six players all moved to Monaco in order to establish residency and thus obtain eligibility to compete as a national team in international teams-of-four.[9] They have represented Monaco in European Bridge League (EBL) and world championship tournaments and finished second in the Bermuda Bowl in Bali in 2013. Following controversies over cheating, the Zimmermann team withdrew just prior to competing in the 2015 Bermuda Bowl and after hearings by the EBL, and the CAS judgment Fantoni and Nunes were acquitted because the proofs were inconsistent.[10]

• World Transnational Open Teams Championship 2007, 2009, 2015 [2]
• North American Bridge Championships
  • Vanderbilt 2010 [11]
  • Reisinger 2012, 2013 [12]
  • Spingold 2011, 2012, 2018 [13]

• European Bridge League
  • European Open Championships, mixed teams, 2011 Poznan[14]
  • European Team Championships, open, 2012 Dublin[15]
• SportAccord, open, 2013 Beijing[16]

• Bermuda Bowl 2013 (2nd) [17]
• North American Bridge Championships
  • Vanderbilt 2014 (2nd) [11]
  • Reisinger 2011 (2nd) [12]
  • Spingold 2014 (2nd), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (2nd), 2019 (2nd) [13]
• European Bridge League
  • European Team Championships, open, 2014 Opatija (2nd)[18]
• World Bridge Championships
  • Rosenblum Cup 2010 Philadelphia (3rd), 2014 Sanya (2nd)
• World Mind Sports Games, 2012 Lilles (3rd)