Ruben Rausing
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Ruben Rausing (1895 - 1983) was the co-founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak. He was born in Raus, near Helsingborg, Sweden.

Early life

He studied at the Stockholm School of Economics and Business Administration. In 1919, he set off for a course of advanced study at Columbia University

Tetra Pak

After being back in Sweden in 1929, he set up a company named Åkerlund & Rausing. The tetrahedron liquid packaging was patented on March 27, 1944; which later became Tetra Pak.

The company was inherited by his sons Hans and Gad Rausing.