Jacob Wallenberg

Biography

Mr. Jacob Wallenberg, B.Sc. (Econ.), MBA, serves as the Chairman of W Capital Management. Mr. Wallenberg has been the Chairperson of Investor AB since April 11, 2005 and its Director since 1998. Mr. Wallenberg served as the Vice Chairman at Investor AB from 1999 to 2005. He serves as the Chairman of Thisbe AB. He serves as Honorary Chairman of IBLAC (Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders Advisory Council). He has been a Deputy Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) and SEB Investment Management AB since April 2005. He has been Vice Chairman of SAS AB since 2001, FAM and Atlas Copco North America LLC since 1998. He serves as a Deputy Chairman of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). He has been Vice Chairman at ABB Ltd since April 30, 2015 and as its Independent & Non-Executive Director since June 26, 1999. He serves as Vice Chairman at Patricia Industries. He has been a Director of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ) since 1997 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) since March 3, 2011. He serves as a Member of Global Advisory Board at JER Partners L.L.C. He serves as a Member of the Board at SAS Scandinavian Airlines System. He serves as Vice Chairman of The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He serves as Chairman of Nominating Committee at OMX AB. He is a Board Member at Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science (IVA) and The European Round Table of Industrialists. He serves as a Director of Stockholm School of Economics. He serves as a Director of The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the Nobel Foundation. He serves as a Member of Governing Board of Indian School of Business. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of SEB Group since 1997. Mr. Wallenberg served as an Executive Vice President of Corporate and Investment banking at SEB Group from 1995 to 1996, Head of Enskilda Division and Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer since 1993. He held various positions at SEB Group, Sweden from 1984 to 1990. He served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Investor AB from 1990 to 1993 and also served as its Deputy Managing Director. He began his banking career at JP Morgan in 1981. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of Council on Foreign Relations Inc. He served as Chairman of SEB Group from 1998 to 2005. He served as the Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) from 198 to April 18, 2005. He served as the Deputy Chairman at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) since April 18, 2005. He served as Vice Chairman of Atlas Copco AB from 1998 to April 2012. He served as Vice Chairman of AB SEB Bank. He served as Deputy Chairman of Electrolux AB until April 2004 and Director from 1998 to April 2004. He served as an Independent Director at The Coca-Cola Company from January 1, 2008 to April 23, 2014. He was a Director at Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and WM-data. He served as a Director at EQT Partners AB, Stora and Logica AB and Vice Chairman of Stora. He served as a Member of International Advisory Board of The Blackstone Group. He received his education as Reserve Officer in the Royal Swedish Naval reserve. He received Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the year 1981 and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980.

Research Interest

Jacob Wallenberg is a recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of research. His research interests lie in New busniness marketing. He is the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board Member of many peer reviewed journals. His area of expertise credits with many publications in national and international journals. His is committed to highest standards of excellence and it proves through his authorship of many books