Carl Bennet
Swedish industrialist; owner of Carl Bennet AB and principal owner of Getinge, Lifco, Arjo and Elanders
| Carl Bennet
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| Image | .jpg) Bennet in 2017 |
| Born | 19 August 1951 (Forbes) Helsingborg, Sweden (Forbes) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Residence | Gothenburg (Forbes) |
| Occupation | Industrialist; investor |
| Known for | Carl Bennet AB; Getinge; Lifco; Arjo; Elanders |
| Education | University of Gothenburg (BSc economics) (Arjo) |
Carl Bennet (born 19 August 1951) is a Swedish industrialist. He founded the investment company Carl Bennet AB in 1989 when he acquired the medical technology company Getinge, and is its chief executive and chairman.[1][2] Through it he is the principal owner of the listed companies Getinge, Lifco, Arjo and Elanders.[1][3] On 12 November 2026 the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list ranked Bennet 384th in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$9.5 billion; Forbes lists the source of wealth as investments.[3][4] In the annual World's Billionaires list published in 2026, Forbes had ranked Bennet 302nd, at US$10.7 billion.[5]
Getinge
Forbes says Bennet and fellow investor Rune Andersson bought Getinge from Electrolux in 1989 and ran it together for nearly a decade before parting ways.[3] Getinge says Bennet was its president and chief executive from 1989 to 1997 and chairman from 1997 to 2019. He has been on its board since 1989 and is now vice chairman and chair of its nomination committee.[2] Carl Bennet AB says the company was founded in 1989 in connection with the Getinge acquisition and was at first only Getinge's main owner.[1]
Carl Bennet AB
Carl Bennet AB later added stakes in the listed companies Arjo, Elanders and Lifco, together with the forestry subsidiary Dragesholm.[1] The company reports a net asset value of 103,391 million kronor at the end of 2025 and says its group employs about 33,200 people in 50 countries. Its main activities are in healthcare, medical technology, dental care, engineering and logistics.[1] Forbes says he controls five companies on the Stockholm exchange, while Carl Bennet AB lists four listed holdings.[3][1] Forbes also says that in 2014 Bennet relisted Lifco at 28 times the price he had paid to take it private 14 years earlier.[3]
Board roles
Getinge lists Bennet as chairman of Lifco, vice chairman of Getinge, Arjo and Elanders, and a director of L E Lundbergföretagen, the investment company chaired by Fredrik Lundberg.[2] Arjo says he has been its vice chairman since 2018 and a director since 2017, and that he and related parties hold 18,217,200 A shares and 63,494,858 B shares in Arjo through Carl Bennet AB. Arjo adds that he was formerly a director of Holmen.[6] He holds a BSc in economics from the University of Gothenburg.[6]
Wealth history
Forbes has included this entry in its annual World's Billionaires list in 14 of the editions from 2001 to 2026 checked for this profile, starting with 2013. The table gives the rank and estimated net worth in each annual list.[5][3]
| Year | World's Billionaires rank | Net worth (US$ bn) |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 882 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 869 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 714 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 771 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 814 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 527 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 715 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 680 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 358 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 263 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | 397 | 6.4 |
| 2024 | 298 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 248 | 10.6 |
| 2026 | 302 | 10.7 |
International and political links
This section uses the same ten headings for every profile in this series. Only specific, sourced actions are included; company-level and foundation-level actions are labelled as such. Where nothing was found, the entry reads "No documented involvement found in sources checked."
Israel (investments, operations, donations, contracts, statements)
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Zionist or pro-Israel organisations and lobbying groups
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Jewish communal charities
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Gulf states
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
China
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Russia
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
India
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Palestinian or Arab causes
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Home government
Bennet is based in Gothenburg, and his holdings are Swedish companies listed in Stockholm.[3][1]
Other international links
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Carl Bennet AB, CBAB at a glance Carl Bennet AB, figures as at 31 December 2025, read 12 November 2026, accessed 12 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Getinge, Board of Directors Getinge, read 12 November 2026, accessed 12 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Forbes, Forbes profile record for Carl Bennet (Forbes data feed behind forbes.com/profile/carl-bennet/) Forbes, live record, read 12 November 2026, accessed 12 November 2026.
- ↑ Forbes, Forbes Real-Time Billionaires data feed Forbes, live; downloaded 12 November 2026 09:42 UTC, accessed 12 November 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Forbes, Forbes World's Billionaires list data feed, annual editions 2001–2026 (one file per year at this path with the year substituted; all 26 files downloaded and read) Forbes, annual lists; downloaded 20 October 2026, accessed 12 November 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Arjo, Carl Bennet (board of directors) Arjo, read 12 November 2026, accessed 12 November 2026.