Bonnier Group: Sweden's Leading Family Owned Business

Case Code: BSTR238
Case Length: 18 Pages
Period: 1990-2006
Pub Date: 2006
Teaching Note: Not Available

Price: Rs.400
Organization: Bonnier AB
Industry: Media, Entertainment and Gaming
Countries: Sweden
Themes: Family-Owned Business, Corporate Governance

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Background Note

The founder of the Bonnier Group was Gutkind Hirschel, son of a banker in Dresden, Germany. In 1801, Hirschel moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, adopted the name Gerhard Bonnier, and started a lending library in 1804. He published a book titled Underfulde og sandfærdige kriminalhistorier (Amazing true stories of crime) in the same year. His business expanded rapidly to include publishing and printing. In 1816, he began publishing a newspaper, Dagsposten, of which he was the chief editor...

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