Bure Equity is a Swedish investment company involved in communications, textiles, training, and education. It is the largest private school operator in Sweden. This role gained it international attention in connection to the rise of
independent schools in Sweden. Bure Equity owns
Vittra, a company that runs schools in Sweden and other countries.
On the 11 February 2009 Altor Fund III and Bure Equity AB signed an agreement to acquire
Carnegie Investment Bank
Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking.
Founded in 1803, Carnegie is headquartered in Stockholm with offices across the Nordic region, a ...
, a leading independent Nordic investment bank, from the
Swedish National Debt Office
The Swedish National Debt Office ( sv, Riksgäldskontoret or shortly ''Riksgälden'') was founded by Gustav III at the Riksdag of the Estates in 1789, through the Act of union and security. It is a Swedish Government agency. The first task of the ...
. The total net asset value on 31 December 2016 amounted to six billion kroner and the largest holdings were in the companies Mycronic and Vitrolife. The company also has shares in, among others, the industrial company Cavotec, the pharmaceutical company MedCap, the medical technology company Xvivo Perfusion and the auction company Lauritz.com.
Henrik Blomquist took over as CEO in 2014.
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Companies based in Stockholm
Investment companies of Sweden
1992 establishments in Sweden
Financial services companies established in 1992
Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
Education companies of Europe
Education in Sweden
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