Pehr Gustaf Victor Gyllenhammar (23 April 1901, Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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 – 22 November 1988, Gothenburg) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 insurance company executive. He completed a law degree from Stockholm University

Stockholm University

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 in 1925, and became CEO of the insurance company Svenska Skeppshypotekskassan (the Swedish Ships' Mortgage Bank) in 1938. He was later CEO of the Swedish insurance company Skandia

Skandia

Skandia is a Swedish insurance company that was started in 1855. It has operations in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia. Skandia also operates an internet bank called Skandiabanken....

 until 1970, when he was succeeded by his son, Pehr G. Gyllenhammar

Pehr G. Gyllenhammar

Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar 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 .-Career:Gyllenhammar graduated from Lund University with a degree in...

 who is the Chairman of Reuters

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