Cevian Capital

Cevian acquires significant minority ownership positions in European public companies, and works as an owner to advance long-term and sustainable value creation.

Cevian has executed the same strategy since it was founded by Lars Förberg and Christer Gardell in 2002.  Its investment and active ownership work benefits from the experience, expertise, networks and relationships built-up over more than 20 years.

Cevian invests long-term capital provided primarily by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, large family offices, and Cevian’s own partners.

Christer Gardell is a prominent Swedish hedge fund manager, best known as the co-founder and managing partner of Cevian Capital, which is Europe’s largest activist investment firm with over €15 billion in assets under management as of 2025. He was born in 1960 in Nacka, Sweden, and holds a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, where he graduated in 1984; he also studied at the London Business School.

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