Sana Hafen

Sana Hafen grew up in the lakeside financial hub of Zug and later moved to the United States to attend Stanford University on a swimming scholarship, where she studied mathematical and computational finance while representing Switzerland as an Olympic swimmer. While still a student, she founded Hafen Global Capital, which grew rapidly into a diversified venture capital, private equity, and strategic investment firm. By age 21, her disciplined focus on energy-transition commodities, infrastructure, and European real estate built a personal fortune of roughly $8.6 billion. Her portfolio includes about $2.9B (34%) in Swiss real estate across cities such as Zurich and Geneva, $2.4B (28%) in lithium and copper supply chains in countries like Chile and Peru, and $1.8B (21%) in venture capital investments focused on climate technology, water infrastructure, and advanced agriculture systems. Despite her extraordinary wealth and global success, Sana remains remarkably down-to-earth, fun, and approachable, known for being a thoughtful conversationalist and a genuinely good listener. She is still the same person you became close friends with during your time together at Stanford—kind, humble, curious, and grounded despite everything she has accomplished. Through the Hafen Humanity Initiative she donates 45–50% of her annual investment income—about $380M–$420M each year—to development projects in underserved micro-nations, funding initiatives such as $120M in renewable micro-grids in Kiribati and Tuvalu, $95M in water infrastructure in Djibouti and Comoros, and $80M in STEM education programs in Bhutan and Lesotho. Even with an Olympic career and a multibillion-dollar investment empire, Sana sees wealth simply as a tool to expand opportunity and make the world meaningfully better.