Investor AB

Investor's global HQ inStockholm,Sweden
Company type	Publicly tradedAktiebolag
Traded as	Nasdaq Stockholm: INVE B OMX Stockholm 30 component
ISIN	SE0000107419
Industry	Industrialholding company
Founded	1916; 109 years ago (1916)
Headquarters	Stockholm , Sweden
Key people	Jacob Wallenberg(chair) Johan Forssell(director & formerCEO) Christian Cederholm(CEO)
Products	Core,private equity, operating and financial investments
Operating income	231.67 billionkr (2021)[1]
Net income	227.97 billion kr (2021)[1]
Total assets	795.54 billion kr (2021)[1]
Total equity	682.61 billion kr (2021)[1]
Owner	Wallenberg family (23.3% equity, 50.0% voting)
Number of employees	73(Investor AB only, 2021)[1]
Website	www.investorab.com

Investor AB is a Swedishinvestment andholding company, often considered ade factoconglomerate. One of Sweden's largest companies, Investor AB serves as the investment arm of the prominent SwedishWallenberg family; the family's companies are involved in a variety of industries, of which the primary industries are pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and industry.^[2]

Investor AB is Sweden's most valuable publicly traded company; it has major or controlling holdings in several of Sweden's other largest companies. It has numerous investments worldwide through Patricia Industries andEQT AB.^[3]

Investor AB was established inStockholm when new Swedish legislation made it more difficult for banks to own stocks in industrial companies on a long-term basis. The shareholdings of the Wallenberg family bank,Stockholms Enskilda Bank, were transferred to Investor AB, a newly formed industrial holding company spun off from the bank, which would serve as the family's investment arm henceforth.^[4] The fund operates with a CEO who is not a Wallenberg but is overseen by its chairperson who is a member of the family, currentlyJacob Wallenberg. In 2023, it was announced that Johan Forssell would leave the role of CEO in May 2024 after nine years.^[5] His replacement was announced as Christian Cederholm who is the current CEO.^[6]

Investor AB owns significant holdings of the following companies. Ownership shares vary from 3%-35% as of 2022.^[7]

• ABB - Provides electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids.
• AstraZeneca - Abiopharmaceutical company.
• Atlas Copco - Providescompressors, vacuum and air treatment systems, construction equipment, power tools, and assembly systems.
• Electrolux - Provides household appliances for consumer use.
• Electrolux Professional - food service, beverage and laundry for professional use, spun off from Electrolux AB in 2020.
• Epiroc - mining, infrastructure and natural resources.
• Ericsson - Provides communications technology and services.
• Husqvarna AB - Provides outdoor power products, consumer watering products, cutting equipment, anddiamond tools.
• Nasdaq, Inc. - Provides financial services and controls stock exchanges
• Saab - Products for military defense and civil security.
• SEB - A financial services group focusing mainly on the Nordic countries, Germany, and the Baltics.
• Sobi - Biopharmaceutics
• Wärtsilä - marine and power engine development.^[8]

Investor AB owns the vast majority of the stock of Patricia Industries, as of 2022. Patricia Industries' key focus is to invest in and develop wholly-owned companies.

• BraunAbility - automotivemobility products
• Laborie - Develops, designs, and distributes innovative capital equipment for theurology andgastroenterology sectors, with complementing and recurring high-volume sales of disposablecatheters
• Mölnlycke Health Care - Designs, manufactures, and supplies single use products for managing wounds
• Permobil -powered andmanual wheelchairs, as well as cushions and accessories
• Piab - A provider of gripping and moving for automatedmanufacturing andlogistics processes
• Sarnova - A provider of healthcare products to emergency care providers, hospitals, schools, businesses, and federal government agencies
• Advanced Instruments - osmolality testing instrumentation and consumables for the clinical, biopharmaceutical, and food & beverage markets
• Vectura - Develops, owns and manages real estate
• 3 Scandinavia - Provides mobile voice andbroadband services in Sweden and Denmark
• Financial Investments - Financial Investments consist of investments in which the investment horizon has not yet been defined

Investments in EQT AB and EQT Funds.

• EQT AB - EQT manages and advises a range of specialized investment funds, and other investment vehicles that invest across the world. As one of EQT's founders in 1994, Investor has invested in most of its funds.

• IBX - purchasing services (sold toCapgemini in 2010)
• WM-data - IT services (sold in August 2006)^[9]
• Saab Automobile - car manufacturer acquired byGeneral Motors in 2000^[10]
• Scania - divested its holding toVolkswagen Group in 2008^[11]
• Bredbandsbolaget - a broadband and telecoms provider. This was initially difficult but sold in 2005 toTelenor for a profit.^[12]
• OMX - financial services company (sold in May 2007 toNasdaq)

• Yahoo! - Investor AB company profile

• Swedish companies established in 1916
• Companies based in Stockholm
• Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
• Companies in the OMX Stockholm 30
• Companies in the OMX Nordic 40
• Companies related to the Wallenberg family
• Financial services companies established in 1916
• Investment companies of Sweden

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