*1955
Alex Rübel was born in Zurich in 1955 and grew up there as well. Influenced by the early love of the animal, Alex Rübel took up the veterinary studies. As a lecturer at the Clinic for Zoo, Home and Wild Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zurich, he specialized in exotic animals. In 1991, Alex Rübel became director of the Zurich Zoo