Stefan Persson

Chairman, Hennes & Mauritz Unsponsored ADR

$18.1B

as of 07/05/24

About Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson is Sweden's richest person by way of global cheap chic fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz, of which he owns 36%.

Persson stepped down as chairman in May 2020 after 22 years in the role; his son Karl-Johan succeeded him.

H&M was founded by Persson's father Erling in 1947.

Persson's two other children, Charlotte S'derstr?m and Tom Persson, and his sister Lottie Tham, are also billionaires.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Sweden

Source of wealth

H&M

Residence

Stockholm, Sweden

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/04/47 (age 76)

Number of children

Education

Associate in Arts/Science, University of Stockholm

Self-made

inherited and growing

Stefan Persson’s fortune is worth

302K

troy ounces of gold

279K

median U.S. household

181K

median U.S. income

0.362%

U.S. credit card volume

0.072%

GDP of the United States

0.053%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Persson personally owns real estate in some of the world's most glamorous shopping districts, spanning New York, London, Rome and Paris.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | AAK-SE

AAK AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | ASSA.B-SE

Assa Abloy AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | HM.B-SE

Hennes & Mauritz AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | HEXA.B-SE

Hexagon AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | HPOL.B-SE

HEXPOL AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | LOOMIS-SE

Loomis AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | MELK-SE

Melker Schorling AB

OMX NORDIC STOCKHOLM | SECU.B-SE

Securitas AB