Pehr G. Gyllenhammar

Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Gyllenhammar at the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2014
Born
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar

(1935-04-28)28 April 1935
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died21 November 2024(2024-11-21) (aged 89)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materLund University
EmployerVolvo (1970–1993)
TitleCEO of Volvo
Term1971–1994
Spouses
Christina Engellau
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(m. 1959; died 2008)​
Christel Behrmann
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(m. 2010; div. 2012)​
Lee Welton Croll
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(m. 2013)​
Children5; including Cecilia and Charlotte[1]
Parent(s)Pehr Gyllenhammar
Aina Gyllenhammar

Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (28 April 1935 – 21 November 2024) was a Swedish businessman. He was 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).

Gyllenhammar was Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe. 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.

Gyllenhammer died on 21 November 2024 at the age of 89.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hållbus, Susanna (2016-04-28). "PG Gyllenhammar, 81, pappa igen" [PG Gyllenhammar, 81, becomes a father again]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ PG Gyllenhammar död (in Swedish)