Investor AB is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

investment Investment is the dedication of money to purchase of an asset to attain an increase in value over a period of time. Investment requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as time, money, or effort. In finance, the purpose of investing i ...

and ''

de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

'' conglomerate

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the

Wallenberg family 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 ...

through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling stake in several large Swedish

companies A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

, with smaller positions in a number of other firms.

History

Investor AB was established by the Wallenberg family in Stockholm in 1916 when new Swedish legislation made it more difficult for banks to own stocks in industrial companies on a long-term basis. The shareholdings of the family bank, Stockholms Enskilda Bank ( SEB today), were transferred to Investor AB, a newly formed industrial holding company spun out of the bank.

Investments

Listed companies

Investor AB own significant minority stakes in listed companies and are typically the largest shareholder. *

ABB ABB Ltd. is a Swedish- Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to crea ...

- Provides electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids. *

AstraZeneca AstraZeneca plc () is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas includin ...

- A

biopharmaceutical A biopharmaceutical, also known as a biological medical product, or biologic, is any pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from, or semisynthesized from biological sources. Different from totally synthesized pharmaceuticals, t ...

company. *

Atlas Copco Atlas Copco (Copco from Compagnie Pneumatique Commerciale) is a Swedish multinational industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tools and equipment. The Atlas Copco Group is a global industrial group of companies ...

- Provides

compressors A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transp ...

, vacuum and air treatment systems, construction equipment, power tools, and assembly systems. *

Electrolux Electrolux AB () is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm. It is consistently ranked the world's second largest appliance maker by units sold, after Whirlpool. Electrolux products sell under a variety ...

- Provides household appliances for consumer use. *

Electrolux Professional Electrolux Professional AB is a Swedish multinational professional appliance manufacturing company, headquartered in Stockholm. Originally formed as a division and later subsidiary of Electrolux, it was spun-off in March 2020. It produces a var ...

- food service, beverage and laundry for professional use, spun off from Electrolux AB in 2020. *

Epiroc Epiroc AB is a Swedish manufacturer of mining and infrastructure equipment. It is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and has its manufacturing facilities in Sweden, United States, Canada, Australia, China, India, Japan and Germany. History Epiroc ...

- mining, infrastructure and natural resources. *

Ericsson (lit. "Telephone Stock Company of LM Ericsson"), commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm. The company sells infrastructure, software, and services in informat ...

- Provides communications technology and services. *

Husqvarna AB The Husqvarna Group () is a Swedish manufacturer of outdoor power products including chainsaws, trimmers, brushcutters, cultivators, and garden tractors. Founded as a firearms manufacturer in 1689, it is one of the oldest continuously runnin ...

- Provides outdoor power products, consumer watering products, cutting equipment, and

diamond tools A diamond tool is a cutting tool with diamond grains fixed on the functional parts of the tool via a bonding material or another method. As diamond is a superhard material, diamond tools have many advantages as compared with tools made with common ...

. * Nasdaq, Inc. - Provides financial services and controls stock exchanges *

Saab Saab or SAAB may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defence company, formerly known as SAAB, and later as Saab AB ** Datasaab, a former computer company, started as spin off from Saab AB * Saab Automobile, a fo ...

- Products for military defense and civil security. * SEB - A financial services group focusing mainly on the Nordic countries, Germany, and the Baltics. * Sobi - Biopharmaceutics *

Wärtsilä Wärtsilä Oyj Abp (), trading internationally as Wärtsilä Corporation, is a Finnish company which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include technol ...

- marine and power engine development.

Patricia Industries

Patricia Industries' key focus is to invest in and develop wholly-owned companies. *

BraunAbility BraunAbility is an American manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vans and wheelchair lifts based in Winamac, Indiana. It is currently owned by Investor AB. The company was founded by Ralph Braun, who had spinal muscular atrophy Spinal mus ...

- automotive mobility products *

Laborie Laborie is a village on the south coast of Saint Lucia. It was originally called l'Islet a Caret after the Loggerhead sea turtles that were found in the area. The name Laborie is named after Baron de Laborie who was the French governor of Saint L ...

- Develops, designs, and distributes innovative capital equipment for the

urology Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

and

gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- “belly”, -énteron “intestine”, and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract ...

sectors, with complementing and recurring high-volume sales of disposable

catheters In medicine, a catheter (/ˈkæθətər/) is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure. Cath ...

Mölnlycke Health Care Mölnlycke Health Care is a Swedish medical device company headquartered in Gothenburg and active internationally. The company manufactures and sells wound care and single-use surgical products and is a service provider to the healthcare sector. ...

- Designs, manufactures, and supplies single use products for managing wounds *Permobil - powered and manual wheelchairs, as well as cushions and accessories *Piab - A provider of gripping and moving for automated

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a r ...

and

logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

processes * Sarnova - A provider of healthcare products to emergency care providers, hospitals, schools, businesses, and federal government agencies *Advanced Instruments - osmolality testing instrumentation and consumables for the clinical, biopharmaceutical, and food & beverage markets *

Vectura Vectura Group Limited is a British pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceuticals company based in Chippenham, England which develops inhaled medicines and makes inhaler devices. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquir ...

- Develops, owns and manages real estate *3 Scandinavia - Provides mobile voice and

broadband In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals at a wide range of frequencies and Internet traffic types, that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections. ...

services in Sweden and Denmark *Financial Investments - Financial Investments consist of investments in which the investment horizon has not yet been defined

Investments in EQT

Investments in EQT AB and EQT Funds. *

EQT Partners EQT AB Group is a global investment organization founded in 1994. Its funds invest in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, growth equity, and venture capital in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. , EQT's assets under management a ...

- EQT manages and advises a range of specialized investment funds, and other investment vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to generate attractive returns and future-proof companies. As one of EQT's founders in 1994, Investor has invested in most of its funds.

Executives

* - CEO from 2015 to present, member of the Management Group since 2006 * Helena Saxon - CFO, member of the Management Group since 2015 * Petra Hedengran - General Counsel, Head of Corporate Governance and responsible for investments in EQT funds, member of the Management Group since 2007 * Daniel Nodhäll - Head of Listed Companies, member of the Management Group since 2015 * Viveka Hirdman-Ryrberg - Head of Corporate Communication & Sustainability, member of the Management Group since 2018 * Christian Cederholm - Head of Patricia Industries, member of the Extended Management Group since 2017 * Jessica Häggström - Head of HR, member of the Extended Management Group since 2017

References

External links

Yahoo! - Investor AB company profile
{{OMX Stockholm 30 companies Swedish companies established in 1916 Companies based in Stockholm Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Companies related to the Wallenberg family Financial services companies established in 1916 Investment companies of Sweden