Walter Schmid (born 8 November 1944; residency permit in Oberhelfenschwil) is a Swiss entrepreneur.
He is merited with the development of the Kompogas-Process around 1989, and the Kompogas company founded in 1991 (since 2011 Axpo Kompogas AG, since 2014 Hitachi Zosen Inova AG) both well-known in Switzerland.
The seat of his construction company is Glattbrugg.