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Peter "Pirre" Wallenberg Sr. (29 May 1926 – 19 January 2015) was a Swedish business leader who was chairman of
Investor AB Investor AB is a Swedish investment and ''de facto'' conglomerate holding company. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling s ...
for ten years.


Early life and education

Wallenberg was born in Skeppsholm Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, into the Wallenberg finance family. He was the son of banker
Marcus Wallenberg Jr. Marcus "Dodde" Wallenberg Jr. (5 October 1899 – 13 September 1982), was a Swedish banker, business manager and member of the Swedish Wallenberg family. He was the most influential representative for the Swedish industrial tradition and Swed ...
and his Scottish wife Dorothy (née Mackay), the younger brother of
Marc Wallenberg Marc "Boy-boy" Wallenberg (28 June 1924 – 19 November 1971) was a Swedish banker and business manager. A member of the prominent Wallenberg family, Marc Wallenberg was CEO of Stockholms Enskilda Bank until his death in 1971. Early life Wallen ...
and the nephew of Jacob Wallenberg. He earned a
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degree in 1949 from Stockholm College, now
Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, s ...
.


Career

He began his career in 1953 at Atlas Copco AB. Wallenberg worked at its subsidiary in the
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from 1956 to 1959 and was CEO of its subsidiary in
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from 1959 to 1962 and in Congo from 1960 to 1962 and in
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from 1962 to 1967. He was CEO of Atlas Copco MCT AB (Mining and Construction Technique) in Stockholm from 1968 to 1970 and Vice CEO of Atlas Copco AB from 1970 to 1974. Wallenberg was industrial advisor to the
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(SEB) from 1974. For a long time he stood in the shadow of his father, who made his oldest son Marc his apprentice and doubted his youngest son Peter's abilities. Only in 1982, after his father's death, did he become a prominent member of the Wallenberg clan. After his father's death, Peter Wallenberg bought out
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's shares in two family businesses and merged the three family investment firms,
Investor AB Investor AB is a Swedish investment and ''de facto'' conglomerate holding company. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling s ...
, Providentia and Export Invest. He served as chairman of Investor AB for ten years, during which time he internationalised the firm and set in motion international mergers that created companies such as ABB,
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and
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. Wallenberg was in the mid-1980s a board member of Atlas Copco AB, AB SKF,
Investor AB Investor AB is a Swedish investment and ''de facto'' conglomerate holding company. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling s ...
, Förvaltnings AB Providentia,
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) ( sv, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse) is a Swedish public and private foundation formed in 1917 by Knut Agathon Wallenberg and his wife Alice Wallenberg. It was created to support research in the n ...
, AB Papyrus, Nymölla AB, Fastighets AB Stockholm-Saltsjön, Enskilda Securities in England and the
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– Budget Commission and Finance Committee. He was first vice chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, vice chairman of
ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as ...
, Broströms Rederi AB, AB Electrolux, Telefon AB LM Ericsson and Stora Kopparbers Bergslags AB. Wallenberg was also a board member of the Federation of Swedish Industries (''Sveriges Industriförbund''), the Swedish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Stockholm School of Economics Association (from 1988 to 2001), Dillon, Read & Co. in the United States, Per Jacobsson Foundation in the United States and the
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Advisory Board in Switzerland. He was also chairman of the International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR), Swedish-French Research Association (''Svensk-franska forskningsföreningen'') and the Swedish-British Society as well as the Royal Lawn Tennis Club (''Kungliga Lawn Tennis Klubben''). Wallenberg was also honorary chairman of the Swedish Tennis Association (''Svenska Tennisförbundet'') and a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (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 pro ...
. Wallenberg was in the early 1990s the chairman of the board of ASEA AB, Atlas Copco AB, Investor AB,
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, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and co-chairman of
ABB Asea Brown Boveri ABB Ltd. is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to create ...
. He was first vice chairman of SEB, vice chairman of AB Electrolux, Incentive AB, AB SKF and Telefon AB LM Ericsson. Wallenberg was also board member of the Federation of Swedish Industries, Nobel Foundation,
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, Swedish Intercontinental Airlines,
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, the Swedish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Immediate Past President of the ICC in
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. He was also board member of the Stockholm School of Economics Association, Dillon, Read & Co. in the United States, Per Jacobsson Foundation in the United States,
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and the Swiss Bank Corporation Advisory Board in Switzerland. Until his death he also directed several of the Wallenberg family foundations, in particular the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the
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. The Peter Wallenberg, D.Econ, Foundation for Economics and Technology (''Ekon.dr Peter Wallenbergs Stiftelse för Ekonomi och Teknik'') was founded in 1996 to honour him on his 70th birthday.


Personal life and death

Wallenberg was in his first marriage married 1954–1962 to Suzanne Grevillius (born 1933), the daughter of chief physician Åke Grevillius and Sylvia (née Stenhammar). Together they had three children: Jacob Wallenberg (born 1956), Andrea Gandet (born 1957) and
Peter Wallenberg, Jr. Peter “''Poker''” Åke Wallenberg (born 8 May 1959) is a Swedish businessman, chair of eight of the sixteen public and private foundations formed by the Wallenberg family or established in memory of family members. The foundations, which are k ...
(born 1959). In his second marriage he was married 1966–1969 to Alice Pearce Rosier (1944–1970) and the third marriage 1971–1980 to the judge Anna-Maria Eek (born 1927). Wallenberg died in his residence in Värmdö on 19 January 2015 at the age of 88. The funeral was held in
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in Stockholm on 4 February 2015. It was attended by the king
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, Anders Borg,
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, Fredrik Lundberg,
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, Ulf Adelsohn,
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, Pär Nuder,
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and others. During the afternoon there was a special reception at the Grand Hôtel. Wallenberg was taken to his final resting place in the world's only
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hearse, manufactured by the company that his father once was one of the founders of.


Awards and decorations


Swedish

*
Seraphim Medal The Seraphim Medal ( sv, Serafimermedaljen) is a royal medal of Sweden. Established in 1748, it is awarded by the King of Sweden for service that benefits society or service of a humanitarian nature. Appearance The Seraphim Medal is a gold medal ...
, Sweden (2000) * H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal worn on the
Royal Order of the Seraphim The Royal Order of the Seraphim ( sv, Kungliga Serafimerorden; ''Seraphim'' being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the ...
ribbon, Sweden (1983) *
Order of Vasa The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It was ...
, Sweden (1974)


Foreign

*
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden'' (Bokmål) or ''Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen'' (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens livi ...
, Norway (1992) *
Order of the Lion of Finland The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President o ...
, Finland (1995) *
Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by ...
, Portugal, (1990) * Order of St. Gregory the Great, Holy See (1991) *
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...
, Germany (1992) *
Order of the Southern Cross Emperor Pedro I of Brazil founded the National Order of the Southern Cross ( pt, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul) as a Brazilian order of chivalry on 1 December 1822. The order aimed to commemorate the independence of Brazil (7 September 182 ...
, Brazil (1989) *
Order of Isabella the Catholic The Order of Isabella the Catholic ( es, Orden de Isabel la Católica) is a Spanish civil order and honor granted to persons and institutions in recognition of extraordinary services to the homeland or the promotion of international relations a ...
, Spain (1979) *
Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, United Kingdom (1989) * 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-rankin ...
(2 June 1995) * Order of Leopold, Belgium (1989) *
Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
, France (1987) *
Order of the Three Stars Order of the Three Stars ( lv, Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis) is the highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvija ...
, Latvia (2001)


Honours

Wallenberg's honours: *1984 – Honorary Doctor of Economics,
Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along wit ...
*1997 – Technology Honorary Doctorate,
Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technol ...
*2001 – Honorary Doctor of Philosophy,
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*2008 – Honorary Doctor of Laws,
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*2010 – Honorary doctor of Medicine,
Karolinska Institute The Karolinska Institute (KI; sv, Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Karolinska Institute is consis ...
*1985 – Doctor of Humane Letters h.c., Augustana College, US *1989 – Doctor of Laws h.c., Upsala College, US *1990 – Doctor of Humane Letters h.c.,
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, US *1996 – Doctor Honoris Causa,
National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (l'Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine or Lorraine INP), based in Nancy, is a French technological university system. It is under the Academy of Nancy and Metz. INPL is a part of the University ...
, France *1998 – Honorary Doctor of Laws,
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, US *2009 – Doctor of Commerce h.c.,
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, South Africa *2010 – Doctor of Humanities (D.H.) h.c.,
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, US


Footnotes


References


Further reading

*
"Swedes Fear a Russian Invasion: Crime Gangs"
by JOHN DARNTON, ''
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'', November 24, 1993, — a bizarre kidnapping attempt of Wallenberg by
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallenberg, Peter 1926 births 2015 deaths Peter Wallenberg Sr. Stockholm University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Businesspeople from Stockholm Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany