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Börje Ekholm

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President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Member of the Executive Team since 2017.

Börje Ekholm.

Function: President and CEO, and Head of Segment Enterprise  
Born: 1963
Education: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute 
of Technology, Sweden. Master of Business Administration, INSEAD, France.
Nationality: Sweden and US
Board Member: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Trimble Inc. (Chair), the 
Steering Committee of the World Economic Forum Digital Communication Governors, and the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, New York.  
Holdings in Ericsson as of December 31, 2025: 854,288 Class B shares and 1,009,000 American Depositary Shares  
Previous positions: CEO of Patricia Industries, a division within Investor AB. President and CEO of Investor AB. Head of Investor Growth Capital Inc. and New Investments. Previous senior leadership roles at Novare Kapital AB and McKinsey & Co Inc. 

Börje Ekholm is President and CEO of the Ericsson Group.

Börje Ekholm assumed this role on January 16, 2017. He knows the company and the industry well after being a Board member of Ericsson for nearly 10 years (first elected 2006).

Most recently Ekholm was CEO of Patricia Industries, a division within Investor AB (2015-January 15, 2017). Prior to assuming this position in 2015, he was President and CEO of Investor AB between 2005 and 2015. Previous positions also include Head of New Investments and President of Investor Growth Capital Inc. Ekholm has had various positions at Novare Kapital AB and McKinsey & Co Inc.

Börje Ekholm holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as well as a Master of Business Administration, from INSEAD, France.

He is a board member of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Trimble Inc. Ekholm is also Member of the Board of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York. Since 2017, Member of the Steering Committee of the World Economic Forum Digital Communication Governors. Holds Honorary Doctorate at The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.