Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth Explained

Carl-Gustaf Casimir Ehrnrooth (born 5 August 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish investor. He has been a member of the Guggenheim Foundation's Board of Directors since September 2008.[1] The Guggenheim Foundation was targeting a museum in the city of Helsinki with public funds of €140 million or €300 million.[2]

Family

See also: Ehrnrooth family. Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth's father was Casimir Ehrnrooth. His siblings are Henrik, Johanna and Georg.[3]

Business

Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth's family is the biggest owner of the construction company YIT, Structor S.A. 12.1% at the end of January 2012.[4] Ehrnrooth's brother Henrik Ehrnrooth is the chairman of the YIT Board of Directors since 2009.[5]

Ehrnrooth has ownership in Corbis Investments that includes stocks of Pöyry,[6] Corbis is the major shareholder 30.96% in the end of March 2012.[7] Structor S.A. and Corbis are both registered in Luxembourg.[8]

Fennogens Investments S.A. is an Investment company in Luxembourg wholly owned by brothers Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth, Henrik Ehrnrooth and Georg Ehrnrooth. Fennogens Investments was the major shareholder with 10.98% of EQ Bank at the end of March 2012.[9] [10] eQ Corporation was acquired by Straumur Investment Bank in Iceland in 2007 for approx €260 million and bought back in May 2009 for circa 37 million at the time.

Ehrnrooth had earlier invited Guggenheim project initiator Janne Gallen-Kallela-Sirén as a member of the board in a company he was a major owner in.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000002517087.html Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth avasi oven Helsingin Guggenheim-hankkeelle.
  2. Helsingin Sanomat, 11 January 2012, p. A 5. (Why the costs are presented as 140 million € and not as 300 million € that is the cost the first 20 years?)
  3. http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/8113/ Ehrnrooth, Casimir (1931–2015).
  4. http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/porssi/omaraha/uutiset.jsp?oid=201202119493 Antti Herlin tankkasi YIT:tä
  5. Pöyry investment data
  6. Gyggenheiin varjo$$a, Kaarina Taipale (editor). Into 2012 pages 12
  7. http://www.poyry.com/about-poyry/investor-information/shareholders Pöyry Major shareholders
  8. http://blog.zaramis.se/2009/06/27/ehrnrooths-har-kallats-finlands-wallenbergare/ Ehrnrooths har kallats Finlands Wallenbergare
  9. http://www.finanssivalvonta.fi/fi/Tiedotteet/Arkisto/Ratan_lehdistotiedotteet/Documents/Georg_ehrnrooth_psjulkinen.pdf Korkeimman hallinto-oikeuden päätös
  10. https://www.eq.fi/Tietoa%20konsernista/Investor%20Relations/Osakkeet%20ja%20osakkeenomistajat/Omistajarekisteri?sc_lang=fi-FI EQ sijoittajat
  11. https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000004851135.html "Gallen-Kallela-Sirénin asema on sopimaton hankkeessa."