Börje Ekholm — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as President and CEO of Ericsson since January 2017, leading a company of 111,000 professionals.
Led Investor AB, a leading investment company in the Nordics, as CEO from 2005 to 2015.
Served as CEO of Patricia Industries from 2015 until 2017, a division of Investor AB focused on wholly-owned companies.
An engineer by background, passionate about innovation and technology.

Biography

Börje Ekholm is a Swedish-American business executive, born on January 21, 1963. He currently serves as the President and CEO of Ericsson, a position he assumed in January 2017. As an engineer, Ekholm is passionate about innovation and driving Ericsson to the forefront of technology, with a philosophy of “show, don’t tell” and a strong focus on customers.

Before leading Ericsson, Ekholm held significant leadership roles in the investment sector.