The concept is straightforward: The Wallenberg companies generate profits, which flow into the foundations and fund cutting-edge research in medicine, technology and the natural sciences.

In December 1944, the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg attended a small dinner party in Budapest; also at the table was the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. The two men were in Hungary on opposing missions ...

Mr. Wallenberg has been Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Investor AB since 2005. Founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916, Investor AB holds long-term positions in global companies.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Wallenberg family of industrialists has stepped up its succession planning, placing the first members ...

The concept is straightforward: The Wallenberg companies generate profits, which flow into the foundations and fund cutting-edge research in medicine, technology and the natural sciences.