Ivar Kreuger

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Ivar Kreuger was a Swedish industrialist and financier known as the “Match King” for building a global match monopoly before his dramatic financial collapse and mysterious death in 1932.

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instanceOf financier
human
businessSector construction
finance
match industry
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1880-03-02
dateOfDeath 1932-03-12
describedAs controversial figure in financial history
one of the most powerful financiers of the interwar period
educatedAt Royal Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
familyBackground son of industrialist Ernst August Kreuger
fieldOfWork finance
industrial management
founded Kreuger & Toll NERFINISHED
Swedish Match NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced development of Swedish financial regulation
international securities regulation debates
involvedIn Great Depression-era financial crisis
knownFor complex international financial structures
issuing high-yield securities
negotiating match monopolies with governments
legacy subject of numerous biographies and economic studies
symbol of speculative financial empires
mannerOfDeath disputed
nickname Match King NERFINISHED
notableEvent Kreuger crash of 1932 NERFINISHED
notableFor building a global match monopoly
large-scale international lending to governments
occupation civil engineer
entrepreneur
financier
industrialist
placeOfBirth Kalmar, Sweden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld chairman of Swedish Match
head of Kreuger & Toll
residence New York City, United States NERFINISHED
Paris
surface form: Paris, France

Stockholm, Sweden NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
sibling Torsten Kreuger NERFINISHED

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