Hans Rausing, KBE, (born 25 March 1926) is a Swedish businessman based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak (later Tetra Laval), a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing and currently the largest food packaging company in the world. In the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in the world, Rausing was ranked 83rd, with an estimated wealth of $US10 billion in 2011.
Rausing was born in 1926 as the ...
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Hans Rausing, KBE, (born 25 March 1926) is a Swedish businessman based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak (later Tetra Laval), a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing and currently the largest food packaging company in the world. In the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in the world, Rausing was ranked 83rd, with an estimated wealth of $US10 billion in 2011.
Rausing was born in 1926 as the second son to industrialist Ruben Rausing and his wife Elisabeth (née Varenius). Rausing had two brothers, Gad and Sven.
Rausing studied Economics, Statistics and Russian at Lund University, graduating in 1948. In 1954, at the age of 28, Rausing was appointed Managing Director of Tetra Pak, while his brother Gad became Deputy Managing Director. Rausing retained this post until 1985, when he took over as Chairman of the Board. Rausing left Tetra Pak in 1993 and sold his 50% share of the company to Gad in 1995 in what was at the time called the...
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