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3 unusual facts about Hans Rausing


Hans Rausing

Much of the enormous success of Tetra Pak in the 1970s and 1980s has been credited to the leadership of Hans and Gad Rausing, who literally took the company from a six-person family business to a global multi-national corporation.

Peter Lipton

Peter Lipton (October 9, 1954 – November 25, 2007) was the Hans Rausing Professor and Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, and a fellow of King's College, until his unexpected death in November 2007.

Sigrid Rausing

Sigrid Rausing is the daughter of Swedish businessman Hans Rausing and his wife Märit Rausing.


Preventing the lawful burial of a body

Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to Hans Rausing who owns the multinational food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak, was charged with the offence of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body on 17 July 2012 following the discovery of the corpse of his wife, Eva Rausing.

Ruben Rausing

Ruben Rausing was married to Elisabeth (née Varenius) and had three sons, Hans, Gad and Sven.

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Her grandfather Ruben Rausing was co-founder of the Swedish packaging company Åkerlund & Rausing, which developed into the global milk and juice packaging company Tetra Pak under the direction of Sigrid Rausing’s father, Hans Rausing.


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