traded as nasdaq stockholm inve b industry industrial holding company founded 1916 ; 100 years ago 1916 headquarters stockholm sweden key people jacob wallenberg chairman b rje ekholm president and ceo products core private equity operating and financial investments operating income sek 47.54 billion 2013 1 profit sek 45.12 billion 2013 1 total assets sek 238.521 billion end 2013 1 total equity sek 215.417 billion end 2013 1 owner wallenberg family 23.3 % number of employees 85 investor ab only end 2013 1 subsidiaries list grand hotel stockholm investor growth capital eqt partners abb group 8.4 % atlas copco 16.8 % astrazeneca 4.1 % electrolux 15.5 % ericsson 5.3 % husqvarna ab 15.7 % saab group 30.0 % seb 20.8 % 3 scandinavia aleris m lnlycke health care novare lindorff swedish orphan biovitrum 39.7 % website www.investorab.com investor ab is a swedish investment company founded in 1916 and still controlled by the wallenberg family through their foundation asset management company fam . the company owns a controlling stake in several large swedish companies with smaller positions in a number of other firms . at year end 2013 it had a market value of 190.9 billion kronor 21.4 billion 29.4 billion a discount to the net asset value of 11.4 % . contents 1 quick facts 2 history 3 investments 3.1 core investments 3.2 primary financial investments 4 see also 4.1 some former holdings 4.2 other swedish investment companies 5 references 6 external links quick facts edit december 31 2013 in sek m. core holdings 204 705 financial investments 32 256 other assets 1 560 total assets 238 521 net asset value 215 419 history edit in 1916 new legislation made it more difficult for banks to own stocks in industrial companies on a long term basis . investor was formed as an investment part of stockholms enskilda bank at the time the largest instrument of power in the wallenberg family . investments edit core investments edit 2 investor held shares in the following companies as of 31 december 2013 2 listed companies abb power and automation technology 8.4 % stake 8.4 % voting rights atlas copco industrial tooling and equipment 16.8 % stake 22.3 % voting rights astrazeneca pharmaceuticals 4.1 % stake 4.1 % voting rights electrolux consumer appliances 15.5 % stake 30.0 % voting rights ericsson telecommunications 5.3 % stake 21.5 % voting rights husqvarna outdoor power tools chainsaws lawnmowers and robotic mowers 15.7 % stake 30.8 % voting rights nasdaq stock and securities exchange 11.5 % stake 11.5 % voting rights saab aviation and military technology 30.0 % stake 39.5 % voting rights swedish orphan biovitrum biopharmaceutical company 39.7 % stake 39.8 % voting rights seb banking 20.8 % stake 20.8 % voting rights w rtsil marine and power engine development 16.8 % stake 16.8 % voting rights 2 unlisted subsidiaries m lnlycke health care medical devices 96.0 % stake permobil power wheelchairs 94.0 % stake aleris health care in nordic region 100.0 % stake grand hotel vectura hotel and real estate 100.0 % stake primary financial investments edit eqt partners private equity funds investor growth capital venture capital in health care and technology in us and china 3 scandinavia mobile and broadband networks in scandinavia see also edit companies portal some former holdings edit ibx provider of efficient purchasing solutions and services sold to capgemini in 2010 wm data it services sold in august 2006 3 saab automobile acquired by general motors scania divested its holding to volkswagen ag in 2008 . 1 bredbandsbolaget bbb a broadband and telecoms provider . this was initially in difficulty but was sold 2005 to telenor for a profit . 4 omx financial services company sold in may 2007 to nasdaq other swedish investment companies edit ratos investment ab kinnevik investment ab latour l e lundbergf retagen ab aktiebolaget industriv rden references edit a b c d e annual report 2013 pdf . investor ab . retrieved 5 april 2015 . a b c investor ab core investments . investor ab . retrieved 2 march 2015 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name core investments defined multiple times with different content see the help page . investor ab press release . cision wire . retrieved 2006 08 21 . investor ab press release . cision wire . retrieved 2005 05 23 . external links edit official website yahoo investor ab company profile v t e omx stockholm 30 companies of sweden abb alfa laval assa abloy astrazeneca atlas copco boliden electrolux ericsson getinge hennes & mauritz investor ab kinnevik lundin petroleum modern times group nokia nordea sandvik sca seb securitas skanska skf ssab svenska handelsbanken swedbank swedish match tele2 teliasonera volvo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title investor ab & oldid 742802448 categories companies related to the wallenberg familyinvestment companies of swedencompanies established in 19161916 establishments in swedencompanies based in stockholmcompanies listed on the stockholm stock exchangehidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschespa ol fran aislietuvi nederlandsnorsk bokm lportugu ssuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 21 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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