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Jonas Kleberg

Sweden 63 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Shipping
Industry
Logistics
Residence
Stockholm

Assets

  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen
    80,000,000 shares @ -
    -
    WAWI-NO

Biography

Jonas Kleberg is the Chairman and CEO of Soya Group, a multi-billion dollar Swedish family conglomerate.

He is the grandson of Olof Wallenius, who founded the group in 1934.

The family's wealth stems primarily from shipping, including a major stake in Wallenius Wilhelmsen, one of the world's largest car carriers.

Under Kleberg's leadership, the group has diversified into real estate, wind-propulsion technology, and forestry.

He and his sister, Annika Bootmans Kleberg, each own 50% of the Soya Group, which also includes a trotting horse breeding operation.

About

The family company is named "Soya" because the founder's first vessels in the 1930s were converted to carry soybean oil, a pioneering move at the time.