Gustaf Douglas

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Gustaf Douglas (born March 3, 1938 ) is a Swedish entrepreneur .

Life

He studied economics at Harvard Business School . After completing his studies, he headed the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Expressen from 1973 to 1980 . He then founded the Swedish company Investment AB Latour in 1984 . Douglas holds significant shares in the Swedish company Assa Abloy and in the security company Securitas AB . Together with the Swedish entrepreneur Melker Schörling , he controls the company Securitas AB . According to the US Forbes magazine , Douglas is one of the richest Swedes.

family

Count Gustav Douglas from the Swedish line of the Scottish clan Douglas with family seat in Stjärnorp (Östergötland) is a son of the Swedish ambassador Count Carl Douglas (1908-1960) and his wife Ottora, daughter of Otto Ludwig Haas-Heye . Douglas is married to Elisabeth Freiin von Essen and has two sons. His sister Elizabeth (* 1940) is with Max Emanuel Herzog in Bavaria , his sister Dagmar Rosita (* 1943) was married to John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forbes Magazine: Gustaf Douglas
personal data
SURNAME Douglas, Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Sweden