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Jan Stenbeck (November 14, 1942 in Stockholm, SwedenAugust 19, 2002 in Paris, France) was a Swedish media owner. He was a brother of the former Swedish foreign minister, Margaretha af Ugglas. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Stockholm panorama from the City Hall (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Part of the Paris and La Défense skylines with from left to right: Montparnasse Tower, Eiffel Tower, and La Défense towers. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... Margaretha af Ugglas née Stenbeck (born January 5, 1939) is a former Swedish Moderate Party politician. ...


Stenbeck graduated with a law degree from Uppsala University and later graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School. After Harvard, he went to work at for Merill Lynch at Wall Street. A Law degree is the degree conferred on someone who successfully completes studies in law. ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... HBS, as seen from across the Charles River. ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ... View up Wall Street from Pearl Street NYSE and Broad Street view from Wall Street Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. ...


After his father, Hugo Stenbeck, had died, Jan Stenbeck returned to Sweden and gained control over Investment AB Kinnevik after a bitter feud with his sister. He came to change the focus of the investment company away from traditional Swedish industries, such as pulp and paper industry and steel manufacturing and towards media and tele communication. Control of the group was passed to his daughter Cristina Stenbeck after his death. Hugo Stenbeck (1890-1977) was a Swedish lawyer and founder of Investment AB Kinnevik. ... Investment AB Kinnevik was established in 1936 as an investment company. ... An International Paper mill in South Carolina The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Sweden, Finland) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0. ... Cristina Mayville Stenbeck (born 1977) is a leading Swedish business woman and the daughter and heiress of the capitalist Jan Stenbeck. ...


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