Caroline Farberger (born 1967) is a Swedish business executive currently working as chairwoman, board advisor and board member on several boards.
 She previously served as the CEO of the Swedish company , part of the
ICA Group
The ICA Group is an American not-for-profit entity specializing in consulting organizations wishing to become fully owned by the employees. The organization has a reliable work history with the NCBA. While ICA primarily provides consultation to w ...
, from 2016 to 2022. Formerly having lived as a man, Farberger is known for being the first Swedish top CEO coming out as
transgender.
She came out at the age of 49.
Farberger grew up in
Uddevalla and
Lerum
Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg.
The river of Säv ...
. She completed military service as a company commander at the
Älvsborg Regiment (I15).
After completing degrees in business administration at
Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law
The Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg ( sv, Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet) is one of Sweden's leading business schools, located in Gothenburg. It was founded in 1923 as an independen ...
and electrical engineering at
Chalmers University of Technology, Farberger worked as a management consultant with
McKinsey for six years. During the
dot-com bubble she founded InsMark, a finance company, before moving on to work in the insurance industry.
Farberger held various management positions at before taking the helm as CEO of in May 2016. A year later she began the process of seeking
gender-affirming care, eventually coming out as trans in 2018.
In 2019 she won "LGBTQ person of the year" at
Gaygalan Awards.
In 2020, her autobiography was published. The book was nominated for Book of the Year by ''QX magazine.''
After quitting her job as CEO at ICA insurance in 2022 she moved on to become a venture capitalist and board professional. She is a chair person, board member and advisor on several boards.
Personal life
Farberger has three children.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farberger, Caroline
1967 births
Living people
Swedish business executives
20th-century Swedish businesswomen
20th-century Swedish businesspeople
21st-century Swedish women
21st-century Swedish businesspeople
Swedish transgender women