Karl-Johan Persson

$1.7B
$37.1M (-2.1%)
as of 11/07/24

About Karl-Johan Persson

Karl-Johan Persson, the third generation of his family to head up H&M, was appointed to chairman of the fast fashion favorite in 2020.

He served as CEO from 2009 when he took the reins from his father, billionaire Stefan Persson.

Karl-Johan's grandfather, Erling Persson, founded H&M in 1947.

The company has since grown into a global retail power house with more than 4,400 stores in 66 countries.

Persson's sister Charlotte S'derstr?m, brother Tom Persson, and aunt Lottie Tham, are also billionaires.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Sweden

Source of wealth

H&M

Residence

Stockholm, Sweden

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/25/75 (age 49)

Number of children

2

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, London Business School

Self-made

inherited

Karl-Johan Persson’s fortune is worth

28K

troy ounces of gold

26K

median U.S. household

17K

median U.S. income

0.034%

U.S. credit card volume

0.007%

GDP of the United States

0.005%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Karl-Johan is an active investor in unlisted Nordic tech companies, including online food grocer MatHem.se.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | HM.B-SE

Hennes & Mauritz AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | HEXA.B-SE

Hexagon AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | STOR.B-SE

Storskogen Group

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