beautyqueen said on July 14, 2003 10:09:

maybe he´s 2nd richiest then?
xxx all my love xxx

Lotty said on July 14, 2003 11:14:

I don’t know, but I think not. I bet that he doesn’t mind it.

Ferdan said on July 14, 2003 12:09:

Per earned more money than Max Marting in the year 2000.
Now that’s ummm “interesting”

Per Gessle, 42, musiker 5 300 500
Max Martin, musiker, 30, 1 963 400

Earnings of swedish artists and others in year 2000
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,109493,00.html

android said on July 14, 2003 14:18:

There are people in Sweden that have a fortune of over 1 biljon SEK. Per is not even near. But it is difficult to say how much he´s got. The most of his money is in his companies. And he has got a lot of companies...

Pascal said on July 14, 2003 15:05:

Sweden’s richest people according to Forbes :

1) Ingvar Kamprad - 13 billion $
2) Birgit Rausing & family - 12,9 billion $
3) Hans Rausing - 7,7 billion $
4) Stefan Persson - 6,7 billion $
5) Antonia Johnson - 3,6 billion $

Per has “only” 0,02 billion $ so he’s far away from Sweden’s richest people!

Pascal said on July 14, 2003 15:25:

Richest people by country :

Germany : Karl & Theo Albrecht - 25,6 billion $
France : Liliane Bettencourt - 14,5 billion $
Belgium : Albert Frère - 1 billion $
Holland : Charlene de Carvalho - 3,7 billion $
Austria : Dietrich Mateschitz - 1 billion $
Ireland : John Dorrance III - 2,3 billion $
U.K. : Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor - 7,5 billion $
Russia : Mikhail Khodorkovsky - 8 billion $
Spain : Amancio Ortega - 10,3 billion $

Pascal said on July 14, 2003 15:45:

1) INGVAR KAMPRAD

Despite a bout with prostate cancer last year, the 76-year-old founder of home furnishings giant IKEA has no intention of retiring. Entrepreneurial from the start, Kamprad sold matches, fish, pens and Christmas cards by bicycle as a teenager. Outside of work, he travels coach, carries his own bags and is often seen doing his own shopping at the local supermarket. And he continues to cycle.

2) BIRGIT RAUSING & FAMILY

With her three children, inherited an estimated $4.5 billion fortune from now-deceased husband Gad Rausing, who ran packaging giant Tetra Laval for 5 years, after buying out his brother Hans in 1995. Daughter Kirsten and brothers Finn and Jvrn are nonexecutive members of group’s board. In mid-January, the heirs scored a major victory in their battle against the European antitrust commission when it finally approved Tetra Laval’s takeover of French food packaging company Sidel SA.

3) HANS RAUSING

Sold his 50% stake in family’s packaging company Tetra Laval to his brother, Gad, in 1995 for a reported $7 billion. He has now gone into direct competion with his deceased brother’s empire by investing in Ecolean, a new packaging company that produces highly biodegradable products. But Tetra Laval can relax for now: tiny Ecolean has sales of just $10 million (2001) and has yet to make a profit. When not vacationing at his mansion in Barbados, Rausing collects vintage cars and raises deer on his 900-acre East Sussex estate, which he shares with wife, Marit, and dog, Tess.

4) STEFAN PERSSON

Took over from his father as head of retailing sensation Hennes & Mauritz in 1998. Has ably steered H&M since: last year, net profits increased 50%; 110 new stores are slated to open in 2003. Revamping less than stellar U.S. business by cutting back on the unpopular men’s line, focusing on more-fashion-conscious women and hiring celebrities like photographer Richard Avedon for fashion shoots. On a sad personal note, his father, Erling, who founded H&M in 1947, died last October at the age of 85.

5) ANTONIA JOHNSON

For 20 years, Johnson, 59, has been chairman of Axel Johnson Group, the family owned company founded by her great-grandfather in 1873 and passed on to her by her father. Today the $8.2 billion (revenues) group, which her husband Gvran Ennerfelt helps run, has interests in energy, real estate, food retailing and telecommunications. The family holds a 45% share of Stockholm-listed Axfood AB, the third largest food retailer in Sweden. Succession is unclear, as none of her four children are involved in the family business. Other passions: Johnson is an avid horsewoman and a member of numerous Swedish charities.

llounge said on July 14, 2003 16:12:

Wow, thanx Pascal for all the information!

wonderful_balloon said on July 14, 2003 19:25:

What means money? Per is THE MAN OF SWEDEN these days!!

tevensso (moderator) said on July 14, 2003 21:05:

No, I think that probably is Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

PerFanatic said on July 14, 2003 23:53:

Hej,

I’m currently reading a book on Raoul Wallenberg! What an amazing man he was indeed! To save so many people at his own risk... that is the true definition of a hero!

LittleGirl78 said on July 15, 2003 11:28:

1) Karl & Theo Albrecht - 25,6 billion $
2) Curt Engelhorn - 5,7 billion $
3) Friedrich Flick Jr. - 5,7 billion $
4) August von Finck - 5,6 billion $
5a) Rudolf August Oetker & family - 5,5 billion $
5b) Michael Otto & family - 5,5 billion $
6) Susanne Klatten - 5,3 billion $
7) Stefan Quandt - 4,3 billion $
8a) Karl-Heinz Kipp - 4,1 billion $
8b) Rinhard Mohn & family - 4,1 billion $

Wow thanks Pascal, but from then from germany I know almost nobody :[

The richest brothers Albrecht are from the “ALDI-chain”

Michael Otto is that maybe from the “OTTO-despatch”?
And Rudolf August Oetker maybe “Dr. Oetker”?
And August von Fink can be “Sport Fink” maybe?

But the other names say me nothing, and from the names I´m also not sure, I´m only sure with the richest, that ALDI is the biggest chain in germany and the richest we all know.

crashroxer said on July 15, 2003 12:03:

And what’s with BILL GATES ??