The Wallenberg family is one of the most influential and wealthy families in Sweden, renowned as bankers and industrialists.
Wallenberg family grave at Linköping city cemetary, Sweden. The four stones from left to right: (1) Professorskan E. M. Barfoth (1762-1837), (2) Marcus Wallenberg (1774-1833) with wife Anna Laurentia Barfoth (1783-1862), (3) Agathon Wallenberg (1809-1887), Marcus Hilarius Wallenberg (1807-1897) with wife Amalia Ulrika Santeson (1821-1859) and son Marcus Hilarion (1842)
Jacob Wallenberg (1746–1778), clergyman and author with burlesque interests, particularly for women.
Marcus Wallenberg (1774–1833), nephew of Jacob Wallenberg, bishop in Linköping.
Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886), son of Marcus Wallenberg, naval officer, newspaper tycoon, and politician, visited the United States in 1837 and became interested in banking. Founder of Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1856, the predecessor of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, that constitutes the basis for the family's economic influence.
Marcus Wallenberg (senior) (1864–1943), son of Oscar Wallenberg, industrialist and banker. Marcus Wallenberg was engaged in the following companies of particular importance: ASEA, Ericsson, Papyrus AB, Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag, and Skandia. From 1916 and on took Marcus Wallenberg also part in bilateral and multilateral international diplomacy and arbitration; most notably to broke a crucial trade agreements 1916–1918 between the United Kingdom and Sweden.
Jacob Wallenberg (senior) (1892–1980), son of Marcus Wallenberg (senior), naval officer, banker, industrialist, and diplomat. After the NaziMachtübernahme Jacob Wallenberg participated in the trade negotiations the new German régime required. During World War II, he played a central role in the almost perpetual trade negotiations with Nazi Germany.
Marcus Wallenberg (junior) (1899–1982), son of Marcus Wallenberg (senior), industrialist, banker and diplomat, who played a crucial role in the negotiations on Swedish–British trade agreements during World War II. De facto ruler of the Wallenberg imperium until his death.
Raoul Wallenberg, (1912– ? ), grandson of Gustaf Wallenberg, diplomat, acclaimed for his role in saving the lives of over 100,000 hungarianJews during the holocaust.
Marc Wallenberg (1924–1971), son of Marcus Wallenberg, banker, industrialist.
Peter Wallenberg (senior) (1926– ), son of Marcus Wallenberg (junior), banker and industrialist. Succeeded his father in 1982 as leader of the Wallenberg Sphere.
Wallenberg built a powerful international empire with the help of these executives and a technique known in Sweden as the Wallenberg Grip, whereby stock is controlled in a few companies which in turn have controlling interest in other firms.
Wallenberg, a native of Stockholdm founded Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) and served as rotating chairman of its board from 1951 to 1976.
As a patron of the arts and sciences, MarcusWallenberg contributed much to the cultural and academic life of his country.
För MarcusWallenberg har företagande och aktier alltid varit ett stort intresse.
Marcus sjÀlv tror dock att det finns mÄnga andra faktorer som pÄverkar.
MarcusWallenberg tror dock inte att det finns nÄgra större skillnader i förutsÀtt ningar mellan killar och tjejer för att lyckas i det relativt tuffa nÀringslivet.