# Tetrapak heir and philanthropist dies

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/02/01/tetrapak-heir-and-philanthropist-dies/
- Published: 2000-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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