1947 - Today
Carl Stefan Erling Persson (Swedish: [ˈstěːfan ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn]; born 4 October 1947) is a Swedish billionaire businessman. In March 2013, Forbes reported Persson's net worth as $28 billion making him the richest of Sweden's 12 billionaires and the 17th richest person in the world; he has since dropped to number 50. Persson was the chairman of fashion company H&M until May 2020, when he was succeeded by his son. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan Persson has received more than 21,535 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan Persson is the 341st most popular businessperson (down from 262nd in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 371st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Stefan Persson ranks 341 out of 601. Before him are Amadeo Giannini, Herbert Hainer, Norio Ohga, Eddie Jordan, Lee Shau-kee, and Tommy Mottola. After him are Alfred Edwards, Albert Ballin, Jorge Mendes, David Sarnoff, Viktor Vekselberg, and Mikhail Prokhorov.
1870 - 1949
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 335
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 336
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 337
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 338
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 339
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 340
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 341
1850 - 1923
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 342
1857 - 1918
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 343
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 344
1891 - 1971
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 345
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 346
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 347
Among people born in 1947, Stefan Persson ranks 266. Before him are Marcello Semeraro, Jennifer Warnes, Stéphane Courtois, Hitoshi Igarashi, Ann Hui, and Gunnar Hansen. After him are Bogdan Tanjević, Pauline Moran, Fernando Savater, Steven Holl, Mary Simon, and Peer Steinbrück.
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 260
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 261
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 262
1947 - 1991
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 263
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 264
1947 - 2015
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 265
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 266
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 267
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 268
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 269
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 270
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 271
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 272
Among people born in Sweden, Stefan Persson ranks 439 out of 1,612. Before him are Ivan Eklind (1905), Johan Tobias Sergel (1740), Bertil Nordahl (1917), Gösta Pettersson (1940), Carl Charlier (1862), and Lars Gustafsson (1936). After him are Sven Wollter (1934), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), E-Type (1965), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), and Margot Wallström (1954).
1905 - 1981
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 433
1740 - 1814
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 434
1917 - 1998
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 435
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 436
1862 - 1934
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 437
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 438
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 439
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 440
1867 - 1942
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 441
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 442
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 443
1825 - 1896
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 444
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 445
Among businesspeople born in Sweden, Stefan Persson ranks 4. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Ivar Kreuger (1880), and Ludvig Nobel (1831). After him are Anders Frisk (1963), Christian von Koenigsegg (1972), Niklas Zennström (1966), and Daniel Ek (1983).
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 1
1880 - 1932
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.67
Rank: 8