Cristina Mayville Stenbeck, born 27 September 1977 in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, USA, is a Swedish American business woman and the heiress

Beneficiary

A beneficiary in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example: The beneficiary of a life insurance policy, is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured...

 of the Swedish capitalist Jan Stenbeck

Jan Stenbeck

Jan Stenbeck was a Swedish media owner. He was brother of the former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margaretha af Ugglas...

.

Cristina grew up in Long Island

Long Island

Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...

 but with strong connections to Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. She learnt Swedish in nine months in 1997 when studying at Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

, Sweden. Since September 2005, Cristina Stenbeck has been married to the English businessman Alexander Fitzgibbons.

In 2002 her father died, and his children became the heirs of his business empire, which revolves around the investment company

Investment company

An investment company is a company whose main business is holding securities of other companies purely for investment purposes. The investment company invests money on behalf of its shareholders who in turn share in the profits and losses....

 Investment AB Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik is an investment company established in 1936 by Wilhelm Klingspor and Robert von Horn. They had just sold their sugar company and were left with a farming company Mellersta Sveriges Lantbruks AB and cash. Their lawyer was Hugo Stenbeck. The lawyer got significant operating...

. The estate covered many holdings in different domiciles, why the finalisation of the estate process was not until 2006.

Since her father died, Cristina has been the family's representative on the board of directors

Board of directors

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 of Investment AB Kinnevik. She has presided over the capital restructuring of the associated companies Millicom and Metro as well as the merger between Invik and Investment AB Kinnevik and the acquisition of Assidomän Cartonboard.