Pehr Gyllenhammar is a Swedish industrialist who served as CEO and Chairman of Volvo for 24 years and founded the European Round Table of Industrialists. He has worked with/served on the board of such institutions as Lazard, Reuters, Rothschild, Chase Manhattan Bank, the Aspen Institute, The Rockefeller University, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. His awards and decorations include Sweden's
H.M. The King's Medal, France's Commander of the National Order of Merit and Commander of the Legion of Honor, and England's Honorary Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple. Pehr is the author of six previous books. He currently lives in Canada with his wife, Lee Croll, and their daughter.
