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Carl-Henric Svanberg
Swedish businessman (born 1952)
Carl-Henric Svanberg (born 29 May 1952)[1] is a Swedish businessman and current Chairman of Volvo.[2] He was Chairman of BP for eight years, from 2010 to 2018.[3] In December 2023, Svanberg was appointed the Commission Chair to the AI Commission to the Swedish Government[4]
Life and career
Svanberg holds a master's degree in applied physics from the Linköping Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Uppsala University. Svanberg holds honorary doctorates from Luleå University of Technology and Linköping University.
Svanberg served as CEO of telecom company Ericsson from 8 April 2003 to 31 December 2009. Following his resignation, he remained on the board of Ericsson and holds 3,234,441 shares in the company.[5][6]
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