Name
Jorn Rausing
Jorn Rausing
Surrey, United Kingdom
Sweden
packaging
$9,400,000,000
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#167 Billionaires 2019
Jorn Rausing's grandfather founded Tetra Pak, which invented aseptic packaging technology.The new packaging made it possible to store beverages like milk and orange juice in cartons instead of glass bottles.His late father, Gad, bought out Jorn's uncle Hans in 1995 for an estimated $7 billion.Jorn and his two siblings Kirsten and Finn have equal stakes in TetraLaval and sit on the board of the parent company.Jorn also owns a piece of online grocery retailer Ocado and, with his siblings, a stake in International Flavors & Fragrances.
A plan by pro-Palestinian terrorists to kidnap him was foiled in 1989, but the family still keeps a low profile.Rausing reportedly sold a 1966 gold-colored Ferrari in a 2017 auction for almost $740,000.
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