Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
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Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (born 28 April 1935) is a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).
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Born | Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (1935-04-28) 28 April 1935 (age 88) Gothenburg, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Lund University |
Employer | Volvo (1970–1993) |
Title | CEO of Volvo |
Term | 1971–1994 |
Spouses | Christina Engellau
(m. 1959; died 2008)Christel Behrmann
(m. 2010; div. 2012)Lee Welton Croll (m. 2013) |
Children | Cecilia (b. 1961) Charlotte (b. 1963) Oscar (b. 1966) Sophie (b. 1968) Daughter (b. 2016)[1] |
Parent(s) | Pehr Gyllenhammar Aina Gyllenhammar |
Gyllenhammar lists his current position as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe[2] (although a search of Rothschild Europe's website for his name yielded no results).[3] Gyllenhammar was made Commander of the "Ordre National du Mérite" in France in 1980 and he was made Commander of the Legion of Honour in France in 1987. Gyllenhammar became an Honorary Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, London in 2001.