Franz Albers is a managing partner of Albers & Co AG, Zurich. The Albers Group is active in the areas of high-tech textiles (Schoeller Textil AG) and real estate (Hardturm AG) and holds various industrial holdings. Franz Albers is a member of various administrative and foundation boards, including President of the Textile Testing Institute Testex AG, Zurich, and Vice President of Sefar AG, Heiden, which specializes in precision fabrics for screen printing and filtration applications. He is a board member of the Kunstgesellschaft Zürich and the Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde.
Franz Albers holds a Dipl. Chem. Ing. ETH and studied business administration at Stanford.