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Karl-Johan Persson
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Karl-Johan Persson

Swedish businessman · H&M · born March 25, 1975

$1.9Bolder estimate, as of December 2023 · Forbes

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Karl-Johan Erling Göran Persson is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is chairman of the fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), and was its CEO from 2009 to 2020. H&M was founded by his grandfather Erling Persson.

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December 2023$1.9BForbes · current

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