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Gad Rausing
Gad Rausing (19 May 1922 – 28 January 2000) was a Swedish industrialist and archaeologist. Together with his brother Hans he inherited the Swedish packaging company Tetra Pak, founded by their father Ruben Rausing and by 2011 the largest food packaging company in the world by sales. In 1995 Rausing bought out his brother's interest in the company in what was at the time the most extensive private buyout in Europe.Tetra Pak International S.A. Frederick C. Ingram in ''The Gale Directory of Company Histories'', retrieved 4 November 2011 Rausing had a lifelong passion for archaeology and the humanities and was an accomplished scholar, earning his PhD from the |
Gad Rausing Prize For Outstanding Humanistic Research
Gad or GAD may refer to: Government and politics * General Administration Department, of Burma's Ministry of Home Affairs * Government Actuary's Department, of the Government of the United Kingdom * Grand Alliance for Democracy, a Philippine political coalition * People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department People * Gad (name), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname Places * Gad, West Virginia, flooded in the construction of Summersville Lake, United States *Gad, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States *Gad Cliff, Dorset, England *Gad River, Maharashtra, India * Gad, a village in Ghilad Commune, Timiș County, Romania Religion *Gad (son of Jacob), the founder of the tribe of Gad and seventh son of Jacob **Tribe of Gad, a tribe of the ancient Kingdom of Israel *Gad (prophet), King David's seer or prophet *Gad (deity), a pan-Semitic deity worshipped during the Babylonian captivity Science, medicine, and mathematics * Generalized anxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lund University Alumni
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish province of Scania, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öresund Region, which includes Lund, is home to more than 4.1 million people. Archeologists date the foundation of Lund to around 990, when Scania was part of Denmark. From 1103 it was the seat of the Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lund, and the towering Lund Cathedral, built circa 1090–1145, still stands at the centre of the town. Denmark ceded the city to Sweden in the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, and its status as part of Sweden was formalised in 1720. Lund University, established in 1666, is one of Scandinavia's oldest and largest institutions for education and research.Lund University , ''The Solande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Sea Rescue Society
The Swedish Sea Rescue Society ( sv, Sjöräddningssällskapet, SSRS), formally the Swedish Society for the Saving of Shipwrecked Persons ( sv, Svenska Sällskapet för Räddning af Skeppsbrutne) is a Swedish voluntary organisation that works with maritime search and rescue on Swedish lakes and seas. The society runs 70 lifeboat stations, with over 200 rescue vessels and over 2100 volunteers. Of these, more than 300 are on call at any given moment, and can respond to an emergency call within 15 minutes. It is a member of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) The society was founded in 1907 at the Hotel Rydberg in Stockholm. The organisation is completely non-profit, and receives no government funding but is instead funded entirely by donations and membership fees. SSRS carries out more than 70% of all emergency calls in Sweden and its territorial waters. Under an agreement with the Swedish Maritime Administration the purpose of the society is: *to maintain an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Rausing
Kirsten Elisbet Rausing, DL (born 6 June 1952) is a Swedish businesswoman, who owns a third of the holding company Tetra Laval and sits on the company board alongside other members of her family. She was listed as the 150th richest individual in the world in the Forbes 2020 list of The World's Billionaires. Early life Born in Lund, Sweden, Rausing is the eldest child of Swedish industrialist Gad Rausing (1922–2000)Nick Rav"Gad Rausing, 77, Swedish Innovator of Beverage Containers" ''The New York Times'', 8 February 2000, retrieved 16 November 2011 and his wife Birgit (née Mayne). She is the granddaughter of Ruben Rausing (1895–1983) who was the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak. Her father bought out the 50% share in the company from his brother Hans Rausing in 1995, leaving her side of the family as sole remaining owner of Tetra Pak. She is the granddaughter of Swedish landscape painter Henry Mayne (1891–1975). Career With her brothers Jörn R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörn Rausing
Jörn Rausing (born 12 February 1960) is a Swedish heir and businessman, a co-owner of Tetra Laval, the packaging company. In 2021, the ''Sunday Times Rich List'' estimated his joint net worth with Kirsten Rausing at £13 billion. Early life Jörn Rausing is the son of Gad Rausing and Birgit Rausing. Career As well as Tetra Laval, he owns a share of Ocado, where he is a board director. In 2003, Rausing made a £26.5 million investment in Ocado, with his stake now being worth £1.4 billion. Rausing, along with his sister Kirsten Rausing and his brother Finn Rausing, hold a 20% stake in International Flavors & Fragrances, which sells scents used in fizzy drinks, perfumes and other consumer products. Personal life Rausing lives in Surrey, England. References 1960 births Living people Swedish businesspeople Swedish billionaires Jorn The Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) is an over-the-horizon radar (OHR) network that can monitor air and sea movements ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Rausing
Finn Rausing (born 1954) is a Swedish billionaire heir and businessman. He is a co-owner of Tetra Laval, the packaging company, and co-owner of Sauber Motorsport and the Alfa Romeo Formula One team. Early life Finn Rausing is the son of Gad Rausing and Birgit Rausing. Career According to ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...'', Rausing has a net worth of $8.0 billion, as of October 2019. Personal life Rausing lives in England. References 1954 births Living people Swedish businesspeople Swedish billionaires Finn Formula One people Alfa Romeo people Sauber Motorsport {{Sweden-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Rausing
Birgit Rausing (born 26 October 1924) is a Swedish art historian, philanthropist, a former billionaire heiress and the widow of Gad Rausing (1922–2000). Biography She is the daughter of Swedish landscape painter Henry Mayne (1891–1975). In 1944 her father-in-law Ruben Rausing (1895–1983) founded Tetra Pak, which revolutionized the packaging of liquids such as juices and milk. The company was inherited by his sons Gad and Hans. In 1996, Gad bought his brother's half of the company. When Gad died in 2000, his wife Birgit and their three children inherited packaging giant Tetra Laval. Birgit Rausing and her family had an estimated net worth of US$13.0 billion in 2010. She is the third wealthiest person in Sweden, according to ''Forbes'' magazine. Gad and Birgit Rausing Library The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) library has been renamed as Gad & Birgit Rausing Library to acknowledge the donation provided by the Rausing family to construct the library buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore University Of Management Sciences
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) () is a private research university, located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. In 1983, Syed Babar Ali, a renowned businessman in Pakistan, recognized the shortage of qualified managers in the country. He proposed to establish a world-class university that would attract and retain the highest caliber of students and faculty. He shared this idea with fellow businessman and close friend, Abdul Razak Dawood, who was in full support of the vision. The university has since then expanded, launching a liberal arts undergraduate school in 1994, an engineering school in 2008, a law school in 2004 and an education school in 2017. The university launched a National Outreach Programme (NOP) in 2001 to provide financial aid to students and in 2015, in partnership with Afghan government, launched a scholarship programme for Afghan students to diversify its student body. As of 2021, the university has a student body of 5,092 graduate and undergradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
