Melker Schörling is a Swedish

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....

 businessman. His 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....

 Melker Schörling AB (MSAB) has large interests in Securitas AB

Securitas AB

Securitas AB is a security services , monitoring, consulting and investigation group, based in Stockholm, Sweden. The group has approximately 300,000 employees in 50 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Securitas AB is listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm,...

, Assa Abloy

Assa Abloy

The Assa Abloy Group is a Swedish lock manufacturer, the world's largest by sales. Assa Abloy was formed in 1994 when ASSA AB was detached from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter the Finnish high-security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy was acquired. The company was introduced to...

, Hexagon AB

Hexagon AB

Hexagon AB is a global technology group headquartered in Sweden. The operation is focused on precision measuring technologies and is divided into three business areas: Geospatial Measuring , Industrial Metrology and Technologies. The company markets its products and services under more than 35...

, Loomis and more. Schörling formed a partnership with fellow billionaire Gustaf Douglas

Gustaf Douglas

Count Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas is a Swedish businessman and politician, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 2007....

 who is also a major shareholder in Securitas and Assa Abloy.

He made a name for himself as CEO of Securitas before moving on to Skanska

Skanska

Skanska AB, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, where it also is the largest construction company. The company's head office is in Solna, north of Stockholm.-History:...

, when Percy Barnevik

Percy Barnevik

Percy Nils Barnevik is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of Asea Brown Boveri 1988–2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003.-Background:...

 was chairman. Schörling later left his executive career in order to focus on his own investments.

In August 2006 Melker Schörling revealed that he would take MSAB public, listing it on the Stockholm Stock Exchange

Stockholm Stock Exchange

The Stockholm Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries....

. He also revealed a new board of directors. The new board, one of the most high-profile in the Swedish business world, includes Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson (magnate)

Stefan Persson is the chairman and main shareholder in fashion company Hennes & Mauritz , which was founded by his father Erling Persson. Stefan took over the company in 1982 and served as its chief executive officer until 1998...

 as well as Carl-Henric Svanberg

Carl-Henric Svanberg

Carl-Henric Svanberg, born on May 29 1952 in Porjus, Sweden, is a businessman and current Chairman of BP.-Life and career:Svanberg holds a Master's degree in Applied Physics from the Linköping Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University...

. Schörling's daughter will also serve on the board.

Melker Schörling is a graduate of the Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law

Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law

The Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg is a business school in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded in 1923 as an independent business college and is situated in the centre of the city, between the districts Vasastaden and Haga...

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