Proventus is a privately held Swedish

Sweden

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 investment company

Investment company

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 founded in 1980 by Robert Weil

Robert Weil

Robert Sam Weil is a Swedish businessman and philanthropist.He is the chairman of the investment company Proventus, which he founded in 1980. He is also chairman of Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, and the Jewish Theatre in Stockholm, and a member of the international advisory board for the Batsheva...

. It was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange

Stockholm Stock Exchange

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 from 1982 until 1995.

Proventus currently holds shares in companies such as BRIO AB

BRIO

BRIO is a wooden toy company founded in Sweden. The company was founded in the small town of Boalt, Scania in 1884 by basket maker Ivar Bengtsson For a long time the company was based in Osby, Scania, in southern Sweden. In 1908 Ivar's three sons took over and founded BRIO, which is an acronym for...

, o2 Produktion AB, J. Lindeberg AB, Nordic Broadcasting Oy, Artek Oy and Tom Dixon

Tom Dixon

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. It has previously held shares in companies such as Aritmos, Götabanken, MTV3

MTV3

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, Orrefors Kosta Boda, Puma

PUMA AG

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, TV4 and Upsala-Ekeby.

Apart from the investment operations, Proventus is also engaged in the arts through the cultural institutions Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall and the Jewish Theatre in Stockholm.