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Jorn Rausing
Sweden 66 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Packaging
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Residence
- Surrey
Assets
- Alfa Laval40,680,000 shares @ --ALFA-SE
- Comet Holding AG0 shares @ --COTN-CH
- Givaudan S.A.153,000 shares @ --GIVN-CH
- International Flavors & Fragrances8,452,000 shares @ --IFF-US
- Linde PLC1,694,000 shares @ --LIN-US
- Ocado Group PLC27,960,000 shares @ --OCDO-GB
- Sensient Technologies0 shares @ --SXT-US
- SIG Combibloc Group12,678,652 shares @ --SIGN-CH
Biography
Jorn Rausing's grandfather founded Tetra Pak, which invented aseptic ?packaging technology.
The packaging made it possible to store beverages like milk and orange juice in cartons instead of glass bottles.
His late father, Gad, bought out Jorn's uncle Hans in 1995 for an estimated $7 billion.
J?rn and his two siblings Kirsten and Finn have equal stakes in TetraLaval and sit on the board of the parent company.
Rausing also owns a piece of online grocery retailer Ocado and, with his siblings, a stake in International Flavors & Fragrances.
About
A plan by pro-Palestinian terrorists to kidnap him was foiled in 1989.
Rausing reportedly sold a 1966 gold-colored Ferrari in a 2017 auction for almost $740,000.