Jacob Wallenberg
Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors, member of the Finance Committee. Member of the Board of Directors since 2011.
Born: 1956.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Economics and Master of Business Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Officer of the Reserve, Swedish Navy.
Nationality: Sweden
Board Chair: Investor AB and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
Deputy Board Chair: FAM, Patricia Industries and Wallenberg Investments AB.
Board Member: The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Holdings in Ericsson as of December 31, 2025: 427,703 Class B shares, and 44,715 synthetic shares.
Principal work experience and other information: Chair of the Board of Investor AB since 2005. President and CEO of SEB in 1997 and Chair of SEB’s Board of Directors 1998–2005. Executive Vice President and CFO of Investor AB 1990–1993. Honorary Chair of IBLAC (Mayor of Shanghai’s International Business Leaders Advisory Council) and member of the steering committee of the European Round Table of Industrialists, Deputy Chair of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce US, member of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council, Washington DC, member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, Trilateral Commission and the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University Management School.