Jan Stenbeck

Jan Stenbeck (14 November 1942 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

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 – 19 August 2002 in Paris

Paris

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, France

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) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 media owner. He was brother of the former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margaretha af Ugglas

Margaretha af Ugglas

Märta Margaretha af Ugglas née Stenbeck is a former Swedish Moderate Party politician. She was Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1991 and 1994....

. Stenbeck was one of Sweden's wealthiest people, worth some $

Dollar

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800 million.

Stenbeck graduated with a law degree

Law degree

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 from Uppsala University

Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...

 and later graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

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. After Harvard, he went to work at for Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

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 at Wall Street

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.

After his father, Hugo Stenbeck

Hugo Stenbeck

Hugo Edvard Stenbeck was a Swedish lawyer and founder of Investment AB Kinnevik. He belonged to a group called in to investigate the collapse of Ivar Kreuger's financial empire. Two of his children became famous in their own right - Jan Stenbeck took over and transformed the family company and...

, had died, Jan Stenbeck returned to Sweden and gained control over Investment AB Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik is an investment company established in 1936 by Wilhelm Klingspor and Robert von Horn. They had just sold their sugar company and were left with a farming company Mellersta Sveriges Lantbruks AB and cash. Their lawyer was Hugo Stenbeck. The lawyer got significant operating...

 after a bitter feud with his sister. He came to change the focus of the investment company away from traditional Swedish industries, such as pulp and paper industry

Pulp and paper industry

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 and steel

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 manufacturing and towards media and tele communication. Control of the group was passed to his daughter Cristina Stenbeck

Cristina Stenbeck

Cristina Mayville Stenbeck, born 27 September 1977 in New York, USA, is a Swedish American business woman and the heiress of the Swedish capitalist Jan Stenbeck....

after his death.