Carl-Gustaf Casimir Ehrnrooth (born 5 August 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish investor. He has been a member of the Guggenheim Foundation's Board of Directors since September 2008. The Guggenheim Foundation was targeting a museum in the city of Helsinki with public funds of €140 million or €300 million.

Family

Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth's father was

Casimir Ehrnrooth Göran Albert Casimir "Casse" Ehrnrooth, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (April 6, 1931 – July 8, 2015), was a Finnish magnate and former chairman of the Nokia Corporation. His business career began in the forest industry, and later he was a director of ...

. His siblings are

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and Georg.

Business

Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth's family is the biggest owner of the construction company YIT, Structor S.A. 12.1% at the end of January 2012. Ehrnrooth's brother Henrik Ehrnrooth is the chairman of the YIT Board of Directors since 2009. Ehrnrooth has ownership in Corbis Investments that includes stocks of

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,Gyggenheiin varjo$$a, Kaarina Taipale (editor). Into 2012 pages 12 Corbis is the major shareholder 30.96% in the end of March 2012. Structor S.A. and Corbis are both registered in

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. Fennogens Investments S.A. is an Investment company in

wholly owned by brothers Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth, Henrik Ehrnrooth and Georg Ehrnrooth. Fennogens Investments was the major shareholder with 10.98% of

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at the end of March 2012. eQ Corporation was acquired by

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in Iceland in 2007 for approx €260 million and bought back in May 2009 for circa 37 million at the time. Ehrnrooth had earlier invited Guggenheim project initiator Janne Gallen-Kallela-Sirén as a member of the board in a company he was a major owner in."Gallen-Kallela-Sirénin asema on sopimaton hankkeessa."
''Helsingin Sanomat'', 16 January 2012, p. C 1.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrnrooth, Carl-Gustaf 1969 births Businesspeople from Helsinki Swedish-speaking Finns Living people Finnish investors

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