Wallenberg family
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The Wallenberg family is one of the most influential and wealthy families in Sweden, renowned as bankers and industrialists.[1] In 1990, it was estimated that the family indirectly controlled one-third of the Swedish Gross National Product.[2] The Wallenberg family maintains control through an old-boy network of hand-chosen executives and by possessing the largest voting block of stock in each affiliated company. The diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, is known for saving thousands of Jews in Hungary from the Holocaust during World War II.
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[edit] Wallenberg Foundations
The Wallenberg family have a large ownership and influence in business through the so-called Wallenberg Foundations. There are about 10 diffrent foundations founded by the Wallenberg family. Largest of the Wallenberg Foundations are Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the endowment's assets were $5.3 billion at year-end 2008, and ranks 19th in total assets, out of all foundations in the World.
[edit] The Wallenberg family
- Jacob Wallenberg (1746–1778), sailor, clergyman and author. Jacob was born Wallberg and changed his name to Wallenberg.
- Marcus Wallenberg (1774–1833), nephew of Jacob Wallenberg, bishop in Linköping.
- Andre Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886), son of Marcus Wallenberg, naval officer, newspaper tycoon, and politician, Founder of Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1856.
- Knut Agathon Wallenberg (1853–1938), son of Oscar Wallenberg, banker and politician.
- Gustaf Wallenberg (1863–1937), son of Oscar Wallenberg, diplomat.
- Marcus Wallenberg (senior) (1864–1943), son of Oscar Wallenberg, industrialist and banker.
- Axel Wallenberg (1874–1963), son of Oscar Wallenberg, industrialist and diplomat.
- Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (1888–1912), son of Gustaf Wallenberg, naval officer, father of Raoul Wallenberg.
- Jacob Wallenberg (senior) (1892–1980), son of Marcus Wallenberg (senior), naval officer, banker, industrialist, and diplomat.
- Marcus Wallenberg (junior) (1899–1982), son of Marcus Wallenberg (senior), industrialist, banker and diplomat.
- Gustaf Wally (1905–1966), son of Axel Wallenberg, dancer, actor and theatre manager.
- Raoul Wallenberg (1912–c.1947), son of Raoul Oscar Wallenberg, diplomat acclaimed for his role in saving a great number of Jews in the Holocaust.
- Marc Wallenberg (1924–1971), son of Marcus Wallenberg, banker, industrialist.
- Peter Wallenberg (senior) (1926– ), son of Marcus Wallenberg (junior), banker and industrialist. Patriarch of the Wallenberg family.
- Peder Wallenberg (senior) (1935– ), son of Jacob Wallenberg (Senior), architect, businessman.
- Jacob Wallenberg (1956– ), son of Peter Wallenberg, banker and industrialist.
- Marcus Wallenberg (1956– ), "Husky", son of Marc Wallenberg, banker and businessman.
- Peter "Poker" Wallenberg (junior) (1959– ), son of Peter Wallenberg (senior), businessman.
- Nane Maria Annan, half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg, wife of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
[edit] Family tree
[edit] See also
- ABB Group
- Investor AB
- Astrazeneca
- Atlas Copco
- Electrolux
- Ericsson
- Saab
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
- Scania AB
- SKF
- Stora Enso
- Husqvarna AB
[edit] References
- ^ balticbusinessnews.com - Sweden's wealthiest business family Wallenberg gets backing from PM
- ^ http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Business-international/Keeping-it-in-the-family-Flight-from-the-north.html based on an article in Reed Business Information's International Management
[edit] External links
- Wallenberg Family Tree on Kindo
- The Local - Introducing the Wallenbergs (humorous profile in English)
