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Hans Rausing has been one of the 100 richest people, according to Forbes magazine in the world since 1995, when he sold his half of Tetra Laval, the company his father started, to his brother, for a reported $7 billion. He was managing director of subsidiary Tetra Pak from 1954 till 1985 and chairman of the Board of directors till 1993. Born in Sweden, he now lives in the UK.