- Rausing, Gad Anders
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▪ 2001Swedish industrialist (b. May 19, 1922, Bromma, near Stockholm, Swed.—d. Jan. 28, 2000, Lausanne, Switz.), was the son of the developer of a sealed, laminated paperboard beverage box that did not require refrigeration and thus revolutionized the milk and juice industries. Rausing (with his younger brother, Hans) built the family business, Tetra Pak (later Tetra Laval Group), from a small Scandinavian concern into one of the world's largest food-container companies, with a worldwide near monopoly in drinks packaging, and amassed a personal fortune estimated at some $9 billion. He was also an avid archaeologist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
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Universalium. 2010.