Marcus Storch
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Marcus Storch is a Swedish industrialist. He received an engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm.
Storch spent many years working for AGA AB
, and was president and CEO of the company 1981-1996. He is today chairman of the Nobel Foundation
, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
. Storch has been critical of the degree to which Swedish companies (including AGA) have been taken over by foreign owners, and what he regards as an insufficient regeneration of companies within the country.
Storch is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
.
Storch's father Hillel Storch was the chairman of the Swedish branch of the World Jewish Congress.
Royal Institute of Technology
The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...
in Stockholm.
Storch spent many years working for AGA AB
AGA AB
AGA AB, previously AB Gasaccumulator and AB Svenska Gasaccumulator, was a Swedish industrial gas company founded in 1904. Nobel Prize laureate Gustaf Dalén was instrumental in the success of the company. Important inventions included the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In the 1990's AGA conceived...
, and was president and CEO of the company 1981-1996. He is today chairman of the Nobel Foundation
Nobel Foundation
The Nobel Foundation is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes. The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite....
, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
. Storch has been critical of the degree to which Swedish companies (including AGA) have been taken over by foreign owners, and what he regards as an insufficient regeneration of companies within the country.
Storch is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien , founded in 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
.
Storch's father Hillel Storch was the chairman of the Swedish branch of the World Jewish Congress.
External links
- Biography at the website of AGA.
- Board of Directors of the Nobel FoundationNobel FoundationThe Nobel Foundation is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes. The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite....