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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ivar Kreuger canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financier
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human ⓘ |
| businessSector |
construction
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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
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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
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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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