Background
Wallenberg, Marcus was born on October 5, 1899 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Master of Laws and Amalia (Hagdahl) Wallenberg.
Tennis player private sector banker
Wallenberg, Marcus was born on October 5, 1899 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Master of Laws and Amalia (Hagdahl) Wallenberg.
Educated at University of Commerce, Stockholm.
Assistant vice president Stockholms Enskilda Bank, 1925, vice president, 1927-1946, president, 1946-1958, vice Chairman of the Board, 1958-1969, chairman, 1969-1976. Chairman SAAB Scania Aktiebolag, Linkoping, Sweden. Swedish chairman Scandinavian Airlines System.
Chairman Atlas Copco Bachelor of Arts, Allmanna Svenska Electriska Bachelor of Arts, Telefon Bachelor of Arts, Licentiate in Midwifery Ericsson, vice chairman Stora Kopparbergs Berglags Bachelor of Arts. Incentive Bachelor of Arts, Kopperfors Bachelor of Arts, Liberian Swedish-American Minerals Company, Swedish delegate to trade negotiations with Great Britain, 1939-1943, and United States, 1943.
Board of directors Nobel Foundation, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Member International Chamber of Commerce (president 1965-1967). Club: Royal Swedish Lawn Tennis (chairman).
Married Dorothy Helen Mackay, 1923. Married second, Marianne de Geer, 1936. Children: Marc, Peter, Ann-Mari.