Roberto Enrico Wirth (born May 25, 1950 in Rome) is the owner and Managing Director of the Hotel Hassler, a five-star hotel located at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.
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Wirth represents the fifth generation of Swiss hoteliers.
His parents Oscar Wirth and Carmen Bucher Wirth were both descendants of two families of hoteliers: the Bucher family from the Luzern area in Switzerland and the Wirth family from Maulach, Germany.Wirth was born profoundly deaf.
He is the founder and President of CABSS Assistance Center for Deaf and Deafblind Children / Centro Assistenza per Bambini Sordi e Sordociechi Onlus (CABSS), a non-profit association dedicated to supporting deaf and deafblind children and their families.
He has two children, twins Robertino and Veruschka.Among the family properties, Roberto Wirth also owns the luxury resort Borgo Bastia Creti in Umbria, Italy and the ancient luxury residence dating back to the second half of the 18th century, Parco del Principe in Tuscany