Editing Hans Rausing (section)

{{Short description|Swedish industrialist and philanthropist (1926–2019)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Hans Rausing
| image       = Rausing256 148782a.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = Hans Rausing with Tetra Brik, 1963
| birth_name  = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1926|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2019|08|30|1926|03|25|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
| nationality = Swedish
| other_names = 
| occupation  = Businessman, philanthropist
| known_for   = [[Tetra Pak]]
| education   = 
| alma_mater  = [[Lund University]]
| spouse      = [[Märit Rausing]]
| children    = [[Lisbet Rausing|Lisbet]], [[Sigrid Rausing|Sigrid]], and [[Hans Kristian Rausing]] 
| parents     = [[Ruben Rausing]]
}}

'''Hans Anders Rausing''', [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]]<ref name=Forbes /> (25 March 1926 – 30 August 2019) was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of [[Tetra Pak]], a company founded by his father [[Ruben Rausing]], and the largest [[food packaging]] company in the world.<ref>Yang Ning, [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/20/content_12732084.htm "Creating a Benchmark for Recycling Rubbish"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622234353/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/20/content_12732084.htm |date=22 June 2013 }}, ''China Daily'', 20 June 2011, retrieved 7 November 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/44268/Tetra-Pak-launches-nextgeneration-cheese-production-unit.html "Tetra Pak launches next generation cheese production unit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063133/http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/44268/Tetra-Pak-launches-nextgeneration-cheese-production-unit.html |date=24 September 2015}}, ''Packaging Europe News'', 11 November 2011, retrieved 11 November 2011.</ref> In the early 1980s Rausing moved to the United Kingdom to avoid Swedish taxes,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hans-rausing/ |title = Hans Rausing & family|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref> in 1995 he sold his share of the company to his brother, [[Gad Rausing|Gad]]. In the ''[[Forbes]]'' world fortune ranking, Rausing was placed at number 83 with an estimated fortune of [[United States dollar|US$]]10 billion in 2011.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/hans-rausing-tetra-pak-swedish-packaging-billionaire-dies-at-93-11798084|title=Hans Rausing: Tetra Pak Swedish packaging billionaire dies aged 93|website=Sky News|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830201657/https://news.sky.com/story/hans-rausing-tetra-pak-swedish-packaging-billionaire-dies-at-93-11798084|archive-date=30 August 2019|url-status=live}} Retrieved 30 August 2019</ref> According to ''Forbes'', he was the second richest Swedish billionaire in 2013. By the time of his death in August 2019, ''Forbes'' estimated the net worth of Rausing and his family to be $12 billion.<ref name=Forbes>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hans-rausing/|title=Hans Rausing & family|website=Forbes|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330091233/https://www.forbes.com/profile/hans-rausing/|archive-date=30 March 2017|url-status=live}} Retrieved 31 August 2019</ref>