Carl Reinhold Adolf Bennet (born August 19, 1951) is a Swedish

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businessman. He is the chairman of the medical technology firm

Getinge Getinge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,843 inhabitants in 2010. Economy Getinge Group had its headquarters in the village until 2014. History The local assembly, the Hallandic thing Thing or Th ...

and the printing company Elanders.

Early life

Carl Bennet was born in 1951, and has a bachelor's degree in economics, and an MBA from the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg () is a List of universities in Sweden, university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current List of universities in Sweden#Public universities, S ...

Career

Through Carl Bennet AB, of which he is the sole owner, he has significant holdings in Lifco, Getinge, Elanders and other companies. As of June 2020, ''

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'' estimated his net worth at US$4.7 billion.

Personal life

Carl Bennet is a member of the Swedish noble family Bennet and holds the title of baron (''

friherre (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , ) and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in i ...

''). He is married with one child and lives in

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, Sweden.

Honours

H. M. The King's Medal H. M. ( His Majesty) The King's Medal (), earlier known as the Court Medal (), is a Swedish honour that may be bestowed upon Swedish and foreign citizens. The medal was created in 1814 and is awarded in different sizes in gold and silver with chai ...

of the 12th size gold medal on Seraphim Order ribbon. * Fellow of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (, IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which promotes contact and exchange between business, ...

References

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