Ulf Gösta Lindén was a Swedish

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 entrepreneur, and president and owner of the Lindén group.

Ulf G. Lindén was the CEO of Swedish chemical group Becker when he was hired by Volvo

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 in 1979. Then, Volvo was the largest corporation in Sweden. Due to his tough management style, Lindén was nicknamed "Pehr G. Gyllenhammar

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's hitman

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", especially after his role in turning down Volvo's merger with chemical group Fermenta. Lindén retired from Volvo in 1987, to focus on the Lindén group (which is the majority owner of Becker).