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Jacob Wallenberg

Jacob Wallenberg
Born (1956-01-13) 13 January 1956 (age 68)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materWharton School
Occupation(s)Chairman of Investor AB
Vice chairman of ABB, Ericsson, FAM, Patricia Industries
Spouse(s)Marie Wehtje (1986–2008)
Annika Levin (2015–present)
ChildrenLovisa Wallenberg, Jacob Wallenberg Jr, Alice Wallenberg
Parent(s)Peter Wallenberg and Suzanne Fleming née Grevillius
WebsiteInvestor Ab
Wallenberg.com

Jacob Wallenberg (born 13 January 1956) is a Swedish banker and industrialist from the Wallenberg family who currently serves as a board member for multiple companies. He was described by The Guardian as a “prince in Sweden's royal family of finance”.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Wallenberg was born in Stockholm in 1956 into the Wallenberg family, the son of banker Peter Wallenberg Sr. and Suzanne Fleming Grevillius.[2][3] He was educated at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a BS in economics in 1980 and an MBA in 1981.[2][4] He also studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy and is a reserve officer in the Swedish Navy.

Career

Jacob Wallenberg was Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)[2] from 1998 to 2005 and Vice Chairman from 2005 to 2014. He was CEO of the bank in 1997, and, between 1995 and 1996, served as EVP and head of corporate and investment banking. Wallenberg has also served as Vice Chairman of Atlas Copco, SAS Group, and Stora Enso, and has served on the boards of The Coca-Cola Company,[5] Electrolux, WM-data, and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

Jacob Wallenberg is Chairman of the Board of Investor AB, a lead shareholder of Nordic-based global companies. He is Vice Chairman of ABB, Ericsson AB, FAM AB, and Patricia Industries. Wallenberg also serves on the boards of Nasdaq Inc, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, various other Wallenberg family foundations, and the Stockholm School of Economics.[2] He is a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group, the European Round Table of Industrialists, and the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. He is also member of the Trilateral Commission. Wallenberg is Honorary Chairman of the Mayor of Shanghai’s International Business Leaders Advisory Council (IBLAC).

Family

He is the son of Peter Wallenberg Sr. and Suzanne Fleming (née Grevillius). In 1986 Wallenberg married Marie Wehtje, a daughter of civil engineer Urban Wehtje of the Wehtje family, and Merete Wehtje (née Bylandt-Grøn, in Denmark).[6] Their marriage produced three children, born in 1988, 1989 and 1990. They divorced in 2008.[7] Since 2014, he has been married to Annika Levin.[8][9]

Marcus Wallenberg d.ä., banker and industrialist
Marcus Wallenberg d.y., banker & industrialist
Amalia Hagdahl
Peter Wallenberg, industrialist
Alexander Mackey, businessman
Dorothy Mackay
Edith Burns
Jacob Wallenberg
Karl Grevillius, chief accountant
Åke Grevillius, chief physician
Emilia Lindquist
Suzanne Grevillius Fleming
Waldemar Stenhammar, lieutenant-colonel
Vian Stenhammar
Olga Löfwall

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ Martinson, Jane (June 16, 2006). "Jacob Wallenberg £11bn prince in Sweden's royal family of finance". The Guardian. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jacob Wallenberg". Investor AB. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Jane Martinson, Jacob Wallenberg £11bn prince in Sweden's royal family of finance, The Guardian, 16 June 2006
  4. ^ "Jacob Wallenberg". ERT. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  5. ^ Jacob Wallenberg Archived 2013-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, presentation at The Coca-Cola Company's website, accessed on 2012-10-30
  6. ^ Svenska släktkalendern 1992, red. Elisabeth Thorsell, Almqvist & Wiksell Internationell, Stockholm 1987 ISBN 91-22-01504-3 s. 253, 259
  7. ^ Jacob och Marie skiljer sig. Archived 2013-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ De är välkomna på bröllopet
  9. ^ Hon är Wallenbergs nya kärlek Archived 2013-09-13 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Wallenberg