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 known collectively as the

Wallenberg Foundations The Wallenberg Foundations refers collectively to the 16 public and private foundations formed on the basis of donations from members of the Swedish Wallenberg family, or created with funds raised in honor of Wallenberg family members. The Founda ...

, annually award funding of approximately SEK 2.2 billion, largely for research and education at Swedish universities. Poker Wallenberg Ferrari 458 Challenge Swedish GT Anderstorp 2012

Poker Wallenberg Ferrari 458 Challenge Swedish GT Anderstorp 2012

Peter Wallenberg is Chair of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, Berit Wallenberg Foundation, Dr. Tech. Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for Education in International Industrial Entrepreneurship, Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Scientific Collaboration, Peter Wallenberg Foundation, The Foundation for Economic History Research within Banking and Enterprise, and Wallenberg Foundations AB. In addition, he is engaged in various sectors, including the engineering industry, private equity and the hotel industry, as a director of

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and

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, and as chairman of the Board of

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. Before being appointed chairman, he was president and CEO of Grand Hôtel during the years 1994–2006. He is Chairman of KAK, the

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, and a racing driver. In 2012 he founded PWR Racing jointly with the racing driver Daniel Haglöf. In 2017 he founded Poker Racing for Charity, whose mission is to support and raise the profile of charitable organizations and the work they do.

Honorary Awards

* Elected 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 ...

(IVA), Department of Education and Research (2015) * Elected member of the Academy of Gastronomy (2016)
Honorary Doctor, Linköping University
(2019)
Honorary Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
(IVA) (2019)

Education

Peter Wallenberg has a BSBA in Hotel Administration from the

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, U.S.A., and an International Baccalaureate from the American School in Leysin, Switzerland.

Family

Peter Wallenberg Jr is nicknamed “Poker”, and is the youngest son of Peter Wallenberg (1926–2015) and Suzanne Fleming, née Grevillius. He is the brother of

Jacob Wallenberg Jacob Wallenberg (born 13 January 1956) is a Swedish banker and industrialist, currently serving as a board member for multiple companies. ''The Guardian'' has once quoted him as the prince in Sweden's royal family of finance. Biography Earl ...

and Andrea Gandet.

References

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