Kirsten Elisbet Rausing, DL (born 6 June 1952) is a Swedish businesswoman, who owns a third of the holding company Tetra Laval and sits on the company board alongside other members of her family. She was listed as the 150th richest individual in the world in the

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Early life

Born in Lund, Sweden, Rausing is the eldest child of Swedish industrialist

Gad Rausing Gad Rausing (19 May 1922 – 28 January 2000) was a Swedish industrialist and archaeologist. Together with his brother Hans he inherited the Swedish packaging company Tetra Pak, founded by their father Ruben Rausing and by 2011 the largest ...

(1922–2000)Nick Rav
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Ruben Rausing Anders Ruben Rausing (; né Andersson; 17 June 1895 – 10 August 1983) was a Swedish industrialist and the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak. Early life Anders Ruben Andersson was born in 1895 in Råå, a small fishing h ...

(1895–1983) who was the founder of the liquid food packaging company

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. Her father bought out the 50% share in the company from his brother

Hans Rausing Hans Anders Rausing, KBE (25 March 1926 – 30 August 2019) was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak, a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing, and ...

in 1995, leaving her side of the family as sole remaining owner of Tetra Pak. She is the granddaughter of Swedish landscape painter Henry Mayne (1891–1975).

Career

With her brothers Jörn Rausing and Finn Rausing, she sits on the board of holding company Tetra Laval. Rausing is a member of the

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and a former director of The National Stud. With Richard Frisby, Michael Goodbody and Guy Heald, she is a director of the British Bloodstock Agency, which buys and sells racehorses on behalf of wealthy clients. Rausing owns Staffordstown Stud in

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. Rausing, along with her brothers Finn Rausing and Jörn Rausing, holds a 20% stake in

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, which sells scents used in fizzy drinks, perfumes and other consumer products.

Personal life

Rausing lives in the UK and breeds horses at her stud farm Lanwades Stud in Newmarket. She founded the Alborada Trust which gives funding for medical and veterinary causes, research, education, animal welfare, and relief to areas of the world hit by disaster. Rausing is one of Britain's richest women. In the '' Sunday Times Rich List 2021'' ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK she was placed 7th (jointly with her brother Jörn) with an estimated fortune of £13 Billion. She has never married and has no children. She is a Conservative Party donor.

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