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'{{Short description|Swedish investment and conglomerate holding company}} {{Infobox company | name = Investor AB | logo = Investor AB logo.svg | image = Arsenalsgatan_8.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Investor's global HQ in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] | type = [[Public company|Publicly traded]] [[Aktiebolag]] | traded_as = {{ubl|class=nowrap|{{OMX|SSE161|INVE B}}|[[OMX Stockholm 30]] component}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|1916}} | location_city = [[Stockholm]] | location_country = [[Sweden]] | key_people = {{ubl|[[Jacob Wallenberg]] {{small|([[Chairman|Chair]])}}|Johan Forssell {{small|([[Director (business)#Company director|Director]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}}}} | industry = Industrial [[holding company]] | products = Core, [[private equity]], operating and financial investments | owner = [[Wallenberg family]] (23.3% equity, 50.0% voting) | subsid = | operating_income = {{increase}} {{SEK|231.67 billion|link=yes}} (2021)<ref name="AR2021">{{cite web |url=https://www.investorab.com/media/atcam2mu/annual-report-2021.pdf |title=Annual Report 2021 |access-date=27 April 2022 |publisher=Investor AB}}</ref> | net_income = {{increase}} {{SEK|227.97 billion}} (2021)<ref name="AR2021" /> | assets = {{increase}} {{SEK|795.54 billion}} (2021)<ref name="AR2021" /> | equity = {{increase}} {{SEK|682.61 billion}} (2021)<ref name="AR2021" /> | num_employees = 73 <small>(Investor AB only, 2021)</small><ref name="AR2021" /> | website = {{official URL}} }} '''Investor AB''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[investment company|investment]] and [[holding company]], often considered a ''de facto'' [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]]. One of Sweden's largest companies, Investor AB serves as the investment arm of the prominent Swedish [[Wallenberg family]]; the family's companies are involved in a variety of industries, of which the primary industries are pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Companies |url=https://www.investorab.com/our-investments/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Investor AB |language=en}}</ref> Investor AB is Sweden's most valuable publicly traded company; it has major or controlling holdings in several of Sweden's other largest companies. It has numerous investments worldwide through Patricia Industries and [[EQT Partners]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Largest Swedish companies by market capitalization |url=https://companiesmarketcap.com/sweden/largest-companies-in-sweden-by-market-cap/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=companiesmarketcap.com |language=en-us}}</ref> ==History== Investor AB was established in [[Stockholm]] when new Swedish legislation made it more difficult for banks to own stocks in industrial companies on a long-term basis. The shareholdings of the Wallenberg family bank, [[Stockholms Enskilda Bank]], were transferred to Investor AB, a newly formed industrial holding company spun off from the bank, which would serve as the family's investment arm henceforth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investor |url=https://www.investorab.com/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Investor AB |language=en}}</ref> ==Investments== ===Listed companies=== Investor AB owns significant holdings of the following companies. Ownership shares vary from 3%-35% as of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Investor ABB |title=Year End Report 2022 |url=https://www.investorab.com/investors-media/reports-presentations/2022/ |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> * [[ABB]] - Provides electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids. * [[AstraZeneca]] - A [[biopharmaceutical]] company. * [[Atlas Copco]] - Provides [[Compressor|compressors]], vacuum and air treatment systems, construction equipment, power tools, and assembly systems. * [[Electrolux]] - Provides household appliances for consumer use. * [[Electrolux Professional]] - food service, beverage and laundry for professional use, spun off from Electrolux AB in 2020. * [[Epiroc]] - mining, infrastructure and natural resources. * [[Ericsson]] - Provides communications technology and services. * [[Husqvarna AB]] - Provides outdoor power products, consumer watering products, cutting equipment, and [[Diamond tool|diamond tools]]. * [[Nasdaq, Inc.]] - Provides financial services and controls stock exchanges * [[Saab AB|Saab]] - Products for military defense and civil security. * [[Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken|SEB]] - A financial services group focusing mainly on the Nordic countries, Germany, and the Baltics. * [[Sobi]] - Biopharmaceutics * [[Wärtsilä]] - marine and power engine development.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Annual Report 2019|url=https://vp053.alertir.com/afw/files/press/investor/202003263627-1.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=}}</ref> === Patricia Industries === Investor AB owns the vast majority of the stock of Patricia Industries, as of 2022. Patricia Industries' key focus is to invest in and develop wholly-owned companies. *[[BraunAbility]] - automotive [[Mobility aid|mobility products]] *[[Laborie (company)|Laborie]] - Develops, designs, and distributes innovative capital equipment for the [[urology]] and [[gastroenterology]] sectors, with complementing and recurring high-volume sales of disposable [[Catheter|catheters]] *[[Mölnlycke Health Care]] - Designs, manufactures, and supplies single use products for managing wounds *Permobil - [[Motorized wheelchair|powered]] and [[Wheelchair|manual wheelchairs]], as well as cushions and accessories *Piab - A provider of gripping and moving for automated [[manufacturing]] and [[logistics]] processes *[[Sarnova]] - A provider of healthcare products to emergency care providers, hospitals, schools, businesses, and federal government agencies *Advanced Instruments - osmolality testing instrumentation and consumables for the clinical, biopharmaceutical, and food & beverage markets *[[Vectura]] - Develops, owns and manages real estate *3 Scandinavia - Provides mobile voice and [[broadband]] services in Sweden and Denmark *Financial Investments - Financial Investments consist of investments in which the investment horizon has not yet been defined ===Investments in EQT=== Investments in EQT AB and EQT Funds. * [[EQT Partners]] - EQT manages and advises a range of specialized investment funds, and other investment vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to generate attractive returns and future-proof companies. As one of EQT's founders in 1994, Investor has invested in most of its funds. ===Some former holdings=== * [[IBX Group|IBX]] - purchasing services (sold to [[Capgemini]] in 2010) * [[WM-data]] - IT services (sold in August 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisionwire.com/investor/investor-accepts-logicacmg-s-offer-for-wm-data|title=Investor AB – press release|publisher=[[Cision|Cision Wire]]|access-date=2006-08-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722074500/http://www.cisionwire.com/investor/investor-accepts-logicacmg-s-offer-for-wm-data|archive-date=2012-07-22}}</ref> * [[Saab Automobile]] - acquired by [[General Motors]] in 2000<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612180720/http://ir.investorab.com/files/press/investor/investor-press-2000-01-10-145000-en.pdf Press release] Investor AB 10 January 2000</ref> * [[Scania AB|Scania]] - divested its holding to [[Volkswagen Group]] in 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scania.com/ir/vw_increases_holding.asp|title=VW increases holding|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305190717/http://www.scania.com/ir/vw_increases_holding.asp|archive-date=2008-03-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Bredbandsbolaget]] - a broadband and telecoms provider. This was initially difficult but sold in 2005 to [[Telenor]] for a profit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisionwire.com/investor/access-industries--the-carlyle-group-and-investor-ab-to-sell-bredbandsbolaget-to-telenor|title=Investor AB - press release|publisher=[[Cision|Cision Wire]]|access-date=2005-05-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119042435/http://www.cisionwire.com/investor/access-industries--the-carlyle-group-and-investor-ab-to-sell-bredbandsbolaget-to-telenor|archive-date=2013-01-19}}</ref> * [[OMX]] - financial services company (sold in May 2007 to [[Nasdaq Inc|Nasdaq]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/90/90885.html Yahoo! - Investor AB company profile] {{OMX Stockholm 30 companies}} {{OMX Nordic 40}} [[Category:Swedish companies established in 1916]] [[Category:Companies based in Stockholm]] [[Category:Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm]] [[Category:Companies in the OMX Stockholm 30]] [[Category:Companies in the OMX Nordic 40]] [[Category:Companies related to the Wallenberg family]] [[Category:Financial services companies established in 1916]] [[Category:Investment companies of Sweden]]'