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Jørgen Mads Clausen

Entrepreneur · born September 23, 1948

$3.5Bolder estimate, as of 2005 · Forbes

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Jørgen Mads Clausen is a Danish businessman and philanthropist. He was the CEO of Danfoss, the Danish heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning company, from 1996 to 2009 then chairman until 2022.

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2005$3.5BForbes · current

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$1.1Bolder estimate, as of 2024 · Forbes

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