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Blocher started working at [[EMS-Chemie]] in 1969 as a student in its legal department.<ref name=History/><ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | last1=Morrell | first1=Alex | title=Swiss Chemical Conglomerate Mints Three Billionaire Sisters | url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexmorrell/2013/12/13/swiss-chemical-conglomerate-mints-three-billionaire-sisters/#303b422b60ce | date=December 13, 2013 | publisher=''Forbes.com'' | accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref> In 1972, Blocher was voted Chairman of the Board and CEO of the company, and in 1983, he purchased a majority of EMS-Chemie.<ref name=History/><ref name="Forbes"/>

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When Blocher was voted into the [[Swiss Federal Council]] in 2003, he retired from all business functions in EMS and sold his majority holding with his four children on Dcemeber 30, 2003.<ref name=History/><ref name="Forbes"/> Blocher's oldest daughter, [[Magdalena Martullo-Blocher]], became CEO of EMS on January 1, 2004.<ref name=History/><ref name="Forbes"/>

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When Blocher was voted into the [[Swiss Federal Council]] in 2003, he retired from all business functions in EMS and sold his majority holding with his four children on Dcemeber 30, 2003.<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.ems-group.com/en/about-ems/about-ems/company-history/ |title=EMS Company History |publisher=EMS-Chemie |date=1 January 2015 |accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Forbes"/> Blocher's oldest daughter, [[Magdalena Martullo-Blocher]], became CEO of EMS on January 1, 2004.<ref name=History/><ref name="Forbes"/>

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