Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar | |
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Born | Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar 28 April 1935 Gothenburg, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Lund University |
Employer | Volvo (1970–1993) |
Title | CEO of Volvo |
Term | 1971–1994 |
Spouses | Christina Engellau
(m. 1959; died 2008)Christel Behrmann
(m. 2010; div. 2012)Lee Welton Croll (m. 2013) |
Children | Cecilia (b. 1961) Charlotte (b. 1963) Oscar (b. 1966) Sophie (b. 1968) Daughter (b. 2016)[1] |
Parent(s) | Pehr Gyllenhammar Aina Gyllenhammar |
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (born 28 April 1935) is a
Gyllenhammar lists his current position as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe[2] (although a search of Rothschild Europe's website for his name yielded no results).[3] Gyllenhammar was made Commander of the "Ordre National du Mérite" in France in 1980 and he was made Commander of the Legion of Honour in France in 1987. Gyllenhammar became an Honorary Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, London in 2001.
Early life
Gyllenhammar was born on 28 April 1935 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of Pehr Gyllenhammar Sr., a Swedish business man of the Swedish noble family Gyllenhammar, and his Jewish mother, Aina (née Kaplan).[4] He did his military service at Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla from 1954 to 1955 and became a sergeant.[5] Gyllenhammar graduated from Lund University with a degree in law in 1959 and did internship at law firms in Sweden and studied maritime law in the United States and then aspects of Industrialism at the Centre d’Etudes Industrielles in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968.[4][6]
Career
He was employed at the insurance company Amphion AB in Gothenburg from 1961 to 1964 and became Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of
At Volvo
Gyllenhammar became one of the most famous businessmen in Sweden at Volvo. He mixed success with failure. He oversaw a wide-reaching diversification of Volvo's business, buying, among other things
After Volvo
After Volvo, Gyllenhammar withdrew from Swedish public life and moved to
Other work
Gyllenhammar was the CEO of Svenska skeppshypotekskassan and Ship Transport Secondary Loan Fund (Skeppsfartens sekundärlånekassa) in Gothenburg from 1970 to 1976, chairman there from 1976, board member of
He was also a board member of
Majid Al Futtaim Group
Majid Al Futtaim Group, a major business chain in the United Arab Emirates, listed Mr Gyllenhammar as its chairman from June 2007 until March 2009.[11]
Political views
Gyllenhammar has in the past been an outspoken supporter of the
Personal life
Gyllenhammar was married 1959–2008 to Christina Engellau (1936–2008),[1] the daughter of Volvo CEO Gunnar Engellau and Margit (née Höckert).[4] They had three daughters and one son: Cecilia, Charlotte, Sophie, and Oscar. He married the horse sports journalist Christel Behrmann in 2010. They divorced in 2012. In April 2013 he married the British-Canadian doctor of psychology, Lee Welton Croll. Their first child was born in 2016.[1]
- Cecilia Gyllenhammar, his oldest daughter, who grew up as the "Princess of Göteborg", has written a novel about the childhood of an upper-class girl, the daughter of a business man in Göteborg, marked by eating disorder and self-disgust. The novel is strongly critical towards Cecilia's upper-class background and, she admits, contains criticism of both her parents but also purely fictional elements. In the novel, the father is described as constantly unfaithful and the mother as failing to love her daughter. Cecilia refuses to give any detail of what is purely fiction in the novel, but claims both her parents have read it and supports her. Cecilia gave up a career as a journalist and has chosen not to make a career because of those of her parents.[12]
- Charlotte Gyllenhammar, a younger daughter, is a well-established artist with numerous exhibitions, public art commissions, and representation at various museums in Sweden.[13][14]
- Sophie Gyllenhammar Mattson worked as a consultant before embarking a successful career as a designer of gold and jewels and has established her own brand "Sophie by Sophie".[15]
- Oscar Gyllenhammar was working for Icon Medialab before starting his own IT company Compost in 2000 and has since made a failed attempt to start an internet portal (autoo.se) "together with some friends".[16][17]
Awards and decorations
Swedish
- H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the Order of the Seraphim ribbon (1981)[18]
- Commander 1st Class of the Order of Vasa (1973)[19]
- Knight of the Order of Vasa (1965)[20]
Foreign
- Commander 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1986; Commander 1977)
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1984)[21]
- Commander of the Order of Leopold (1989)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (1987)[22]
- National Order of Merit (1980)[22]
Honorships
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1974)[23]
- Honorary member of Gothenburg nation at Lund University (1975)
- Honorary Doctor of Medicine of the University of Gothenburg (1981)[23]
- Honorary Doctor of Technology at Brunel University London, England (1987)[24][23]
- Honorary Doctor of Engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada (1988)[23]
- Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki (1990)[23]
- Honorary Doctor of Law at the University of Vermont, USA (1993)[23]
- Honorary Doctor of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg (2003)[9]
- Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences[25]
- Honorary Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple in London (2001)[22]
References
- ^ a b c Hållbus, Susanna (2016-04-28). "PG Gyllenhammar, 81, pappa igen" [PG Gyllenhammar, 81, becomes a father again]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Pehr Gyllenhammar LinkedIn Profile".
- ^ "Search Results". Rothschild & Co Website.
- ^ ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
- ^ Höglund, Jan (24 March 2011). "Gyllenhammar hade Nato-uppdrag" [Gyllenhammar had NATO assignments]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- SELIBR 11859466.
- ^ "Hem - Kinnevik". Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ^ SELIBR 3681522.
- ^ School of Business, Economics and Law. Archived from the originalon 8 February 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar
- ^ Majid Al Futtaim Group website Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Thunberg, Karin (2004-04-03). "Jag ljög om mitt efternamn" [I lied about my family name]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Kofi Annan inviger minnesmärke" [Kofi Annan inaugurates commemorative monument] (in Swedish). Göteborg Culture Administration. Retrieved 2007-07-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Charlotte Gyllenhammar CV" (PDF). Göteborg Culture Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Sophie by Sophie/Biography". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- Dagens Industri(in Swedish). 2000-10-11. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- Dagens Industri(in Swedish). 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Sök medaljförläning" [Search awarded medals] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "845 ordenstecken utdelade på Gustavsdagen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 7 June 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "962 personer i ordensregnet". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 June 1965. p. 9.
- ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals] (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mr Pehr Gyllenhammar". European Financial Services Roundtable. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ SELIBR 8261515.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates". Brunel University London. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Medlemmer: GYLLENHAMMAR, Pehr Gustaf" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
Further reading
- "Volvo-chefen gästar Finland". )
- Christer Herlin (1975-12-17). "Hur göra Norden starkare?". )