Gustaf Hakansson

“The compounder model we are running is that neither organic growth nor our acquisitions should dilute our current shareholders. We have never diluted our shareholders in our 115 years of operations.”

“We are the only Swedish-style serial acquirer on the Helsinki stock exchange.”

“subsidiaries keep their local leadership and brands while at the same time benefitting from certain central functions from the head office (internally known as the ‘service office’)”

”Having permanent capital changes your mindset from the classic PE five to seven-year holding period. We strive to fix things on a fundamental level.”

“We focus on younger companies that are bootstrapped, run on agile methodologies, and have remote-first cultures.”