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Tetrapak heir and philanthropist dies

Howard Lake

Howard Lake | 1 February 2000 | News

Swedish packaging billionaire Gad Rausing has died, aged 77. He built up Tetra Pak into the world’s largest food packaging company. Following his move to Britain with his brother Hans, the brothers were listed as the richest people in the UK in The Sunday Times Wealthy List 1993.

Gad Rausing was a major philanthropist in the UK and Sweden, and his family has continued this tradition through their charitable trusts.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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