Tom Persson | |
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Born | 15 May 1985 | (age 38)
Citizenship | Swedish |
Education | Met Film School |
Spouse |
Sofia Strandman (m. 2016) |
Parent(s) | Stefan Persson Pamela Collett |
Relatives | Erling Persson (grandfather) Karl-Johan Persson (brother) Charlotte Söderström (sister) Lottie Tham (aunt) |
Thomas Stefan Persson (born 15 May 1985)[1] is a Swedish billionaire businessman, who works in the film industry. He is an heir of the fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), which was founded by his grandfather Erling Persson in 1947.[2] On the Forbes 2019 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #1300 with a net worth of US$1.9 billion.[2]
The son and youngest child of Stefan Persson and his first wife Pamela Collett, Thomas Persson attended and graduated from the Met Film School in London.[2]
He works in the film industry[2] as a producer, producing two films in 2017.[3]
In May 2016, he married his long-term girlfriend, Swedish-born Sofia Strandman, at the family estate in Ramsbury, England.[4][5]