Erik Engström

Erik Nils Engström (born 14 June 1963) is a Swedish businessman and the chief executive officer (CEO) of RELX, a multinational information and analytics company that operates in four market segments: scientific, technical and medical; risk and business information; legal; and exhibitions.

For the American programmer, see Eric Engstrom.

Erik Engström
Born
Erik Nils Engström

(1963-06-14) 14 June 1963
NationalitySwedish
Alma materStockholm School of Economics
Royal Institute of Technology
Harvard University
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1984–present
TitleCEO, RELX
Term2009–present
SuccessorIncumbent
SpouseElizabeth Hobson "Libby" Pierpont

Early life

Erik Engström is the son of Alice Engström and Dr Kjell Engström of Täby, Sweden, who was managing director of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm.[1] He has a BSc from the Stockholm School of Economics, an MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright scholar.[2]

Career

Engström has been chief executive of RELX (formerly Reed Elsevier) since 2009, having been chief executive of Elsevier since 2004. Before that, he was a partner at General Atlantic, and prior to that was president and chief operating officer of Random House Inc and, before its merger with Random House, president and chief executive officer of Bantam Doubleday Dell, North America. He started his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.[3][2]

Personal life

In 1997, Engström married Elizabeth Hobson "Libby" Pierpont, the daughter of Elizabeth Wentworth Pierpont and Carleton Langley Pierpont, a property developer, of Darien, Connecticut at St. James' Church in New York.[1]

References
  1. "WEDDINGS Libby Pierpont, Erik Engstrom". The New York Times. 4 May 1997. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. "Erik Engström". Business Week. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. "Engström keeps his nose to the grindstone". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.


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