Laureus Sport for Good Foundation

As part of the ninth Laureus Charity Night, held on 22 November, 600 prominent figures from the worlds of sport, business, politics and show business collected donations totalling 1.1 million Swiss francs.

Among the items that went under the hammer were an exclusive Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde Unique Piece Laureus Charity Night from IWC Schaffhausen (150,000 francs) and a 1960 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL W21 (300,000 francs). As always, the proceeds of the benefit event will go entirely to the various sport promotion projects organized by the Laureus foundation.

The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation was founded in South Africa 15 years ago. In 2007, IWC Schaffhausen and Mercedes-Benz Switzerland jointly set up the Laureus Foundation Switzerland. In the past few years, they have generated over 10 million Swiss francs in donations. The charitable institution uses the power of sport to promote personal development and the integration of socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged children and young people into society. Among other things, it also puts its ambassadors from the world of sport at the highest level into contact with young people to show them the possibilities for a brighter future.

December 10, 2015