Jess Søderberg (born 12 October 1944, in

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) is a Danish businessman. He served as the CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk for 14 years from 1993 to 2007. After his departure from A.P. Moller-Maersk, he was Vice President of Carlsberg. He graduated from

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in 1963 and later graduated with his MSc from

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. He is a Knight 1st Class of the

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References

*Jens Chr. Hansen & Søren Domino, Søderberg – Mand af Mærsk, Gyldendal, 2006. . *Thomas Larsen og Finn Mortensen, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Gyldendal Business, 2008 Living people 1944 births Danish business executives Copenhagen Business School alumni Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-bio-stub