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Oscar Wallenberg
The Wallenberg family is a prominent Swedish family, Europe's most powerful business dynasty. Wallenbergs are noted as bankers, industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats and military. The Wallenberg sphere's holdings employ about 600,000 people and have sales of $154 billion a year. The Wallenberg empire consists of 16 Wallenberg Foundations, Foundation Asset Management AB (FAM), Investor AB, Patricia Industries and Wallenberg Investments AB. In the 1970s, the Wallenberg family businesses employed 40% of Sweden's industrial workforce and represented 40% of the total worth of the Stockholm stock market. By 2011, their conglomerate holding company, Investor AB, had an approximate ownership of 120 companies. By 2022, the Wallenberg sphere had an approximate ownership of 330 companies. In 2015, the family still owned a third of Sweden’s entire stock exchange. The Wallenbergs control many Swedish multinationals and other European industrial groups, such as world leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Oscar Wallenberg
André Oscar Wallenberg (19 November 1816 – 12 January 1886) was a Sweden, Swedish banker, industrialist, naval officer, Business magnate, newspaper tycoon, politician and a patriarch of the Wallenberg family. In 1856 Wallenberg founded the Stockholms Enskilda Bank, the predecessor of today's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. Early life He was son of the bishop of Linköping, Marcus Wallenberg (bishop), Marcus Wallenberg (1774–1833), and his wife Anna Laurentia Barfoth (1783–1862). During his stay in Lund, Marcus Wallenberg had become acquainted with and fell in love with Anna Laurentia Barfoth, the daughter of the medical professor Anders Eilert Barfoth and Ebba Bager, who belonged to a prominent Danish-Scanian family. He married her in 1804. In this marriage, three sons were born, whose baptismal names along with other attention and courtesy to the older generations of the family burst testimony to Marcus Wallenberg's classic interests and perhaps also hopes or predictions ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Wallenberg (1892–1980)
Jacob "Juju" Wallenberg (27 September 1892 – 1 August 1980) was a Swedish banker and industrial leader. Wallenberg held various central positions in Stockholms Enskilda Bank. He was also chairman of the board of several companies, including Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag and Orkla Mining Company. From 1934 to 1944 he was a member of the Swedish governmental commission for trade with Germany. Early life Wallenberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Marcus Wallenberg Sr. and his wife Amalia (née Hagdahl) and brother of Marcus Wallenberg Jr. He grew up in Östermalm in Stockholm and spent many summers at Malmvik Estate in Lovön. The tradition in the family was patriarchal, but privately Jacob Wallenberg was subordinate to his mother, the matriarch Amalia, whose birthday the family still celebrates May 29 each year. He moved away from home only when he approached 30 year old, and then just upstairs in the house at Strandvägen 27. After six years of education at the Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hambro
Hambro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Calmer Hambro (1747–1806), Danish merchant and banker * Carl Joachim Hambro (1807–1877), Danish-born founder of the British bank Hambros Bank * C. J. Hambro (1885–1964), Norwegian journalist, author, and politician *Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro (1930–2002), British banker and politician * Charles Eric Hambro (1872–1947), British politician and banker *Charles Jocelyn Hambro (1897–1963), Danish-born merchant banker and intelligence officer * Charles J. T. Hambro (1834–1891), British Conservative Party politician *Christian Hambro (born 1946), Norwegian civil servant *Edvard Hambro (1911–1977), Norwegian politician *Ellen Hambro (born 1964), Norwegian civil servant *Sir Everard Hambro (1842–1925), British banker * James Hambro (a.k.a. Jamie Hambro) (born 1949), British banker, businessman and philanthropist *Jay Hambro, British businessman known for being the chief executive officer of Aricom *Joce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Essen
Essen or von Essen is the surname of a Baltic Germans, Baltic German and Swedish noble family. History The first known ancestor was Thomas von Essen (d. 1615–1627) who was from Lääne län in Estonia. His son Alexander von Essen received Swedish nobility, but was not introduced in the Swedish House of Nobility. His descendants, Reinhold Wilhelm von Essen (1669–1732) and Hans Henrik von Essen (1674–1729), were elevated to Baron in 1717 and 1719. Hans Henrik von Essen was later elevated to comital rank. Another was Magnus Gustav von Essen (1759–1813), a Russian lieutenant general and military governor of Riga. Nikolai von Essen (1860-1915), Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, hailed from the Livonian branch of the family, but not Count Peter Essen who was born a commoner. Notable family members * Magnus Gustav von Essen (1759–1813), Russian general * Hans Henric von Essen (1775–1824), Swedish statesman * Carl Gustaf von Essen (1815—1895), Finnish Pietistic priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundin
Lundin is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf H. Lundin (1932–2006), Swedish oil and mining entrepreneur * Albin Lundin (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Lundin (born 1992), Swedish footbalplayer * Alva Lundin (1889-1972), Swedish title card and credit designer and artist * Anders Lundin (born 1958), Swedish television host * Andrew Peter Lundin III (1944–2001), nephrologist * Andreas Petrus Lundin (1869–1929), Swedish marine engineer * Augusta Lundin (1840–1919), Swedish fashion designer * Bert Lundin (1921–2018), Swedish union leader * Cody Lundin (born 1967), American survivalist * Deanne Lundin, American poet * Erik Lundin (1904–1988), Swedish chess master * Frederick Lundin (1868–1947), American politician * Fredrik Lundin (born 1963), Danish jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader * Göran Lundin (born 1950), Swedish author * Hjalmar Lundin ((1870–1941), Swedish wrestler * Hulda Lundin (1847–1921), Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Wallenberg
Jacob Wallenberg (born 13 January 1956) is a Swedish banker and industrialist, currently serving as a board member for multiple companies. ''The Guardian'' has once quoted him as the prince in Sweden's royal family of finance. Biography Early life Wallenberg was born in 1956 in Stockholm. His father, Peter Wallenberg, Sr., was a banker. His mother is Suzanne Fleming Grevillius. He is a member of the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family.Jane MartinsonJacob Wallenberg £11bn prince in Sweden's royal family of finance ''The Guardian'', 16 June 2006 Education Wallenberg holds a B.Sc. Economics and M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. Wallenberg attended the Royal Swedish Naval Academy and is today an Officer in the Royal Swedish Naval Reserve. Career Jacob Wallenberg was the Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. (SEB) from 1998 to 2005 and Vice Chairman from 2005 to 2014. He was the CEO of the Bank in 1997 and EvP and in charge of Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956)
Marcus "Husky" Wallenberg (born September 2, 1956) is a Swedish banker and industrialist. Early life Marcus Wallenberg was born on September 2, 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden. His father, Marc Wallenberg, was a banker. His mother is Olga Wehtje. He is a member of the prominent Wallenberg family.Annie Maccoby BerglofAt home: Marcus Wallenberg: The chairman of SEB talks about being part of a Swedish banking dynasty ''Financial Times'', April 5, 2013 Wallenberg has a BSc degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1977. Career Wallenberg began his career in the New York City office of Citibank in 1980–1982. He subsequently worked for Deutsche Bank, followed by S. G. Warburg & Co., Citicorp and the SEB Group. Wallenberg served as the President and CEO of Investor from 1999 to 2005. He served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce from 2006 to 2008. Wallenberg is the Vice Chairman of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945)He is presumed to have died in 1947, although the circumstances of his death are not clear and this date has been disputed. Some reports claim he was alive years later. 31 July 1952 is the date of death declared by the Swedish Tax Agency in October 2016 and determined in accordance with Swedish law. was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings he declared as Swedish territory. On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, Wallenberg was detained by SMERSH on suspicion of espionage and subsequently disappeared. In 1957, 12 years after his disappearance, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
