Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Stenbeck family, Wallenberg family, Raoul Wallenberg, Metro International, Kreuger family, Nobel family, Tele2, Investment AB Kinnevik, Margaretha af Ugglas, Rausing family, Knut Agathon Wallenberg, Jan Stenbeck, Bonnier family, Ax: son Johnson family, Cristina Stenbeck, Hugo Stenbeck, Marcus Wallenberg, Jacob Wallenberg, Andre Oscar Wallenberg. Excerpt: The Wallenberg family (known as The Wallenbergs or simply Wallenbergs) is a prominent Swedish family, renowned as bankers, industrialists, politicians, diplomats and philanthropists. The most famous of the Wallenbergs, Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat, worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives. Oldest known ancestor of the Wallenberg family is Per Hansson (1670-1741), who in 1692 married Kerstin Jacobsdotter Schuut (1671-1752). Their son, Jakob Persson Wallberg (1699-1758) had two marriages. In his first marriage the children called themselves Wallberg, and in his second Wallenberg. Jakob Persson Wallberg (1699-1758) was the great-grandfather to Andre Oscar Wallenberg, who in 1856 founded the Stockholms Enskilda Bank, the predecessor of today's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. Andre Oscar Wallenberg's son Knut Agathon Wallenberg took over as CEO of Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1886. Like many other Wallenberg relatives, Knut Agathon Wallenberg was also involved in Swedish politics and diplomacy becoming Minister for Foreign Affairs 1914-1917, and member of the Riksdags first chamber (Parliament of Sweden) 1907-1919. In 1916, a new legislation made it more difficult for bank's to own shares in industrial companies on a long-term basis. Investor was formed as an investment part of Stockholms Enskilda...