Cristina Stenbeck

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Cristina Mayville Stenbeck (born 1977) is a leading Swedish business woman and the daughter and heiress of the capitalist Jan Stenbeck.

Cristina Stenbeck was born in New York, USA. Her mother, Merrill Stenbeck, née McLeod, is an American citizen, making her an American citizen too. Cristina grew up in Long Island but with strong connections to Sweden.

In 2002 her father died, and his children became the heirs of his business empire, which revolves around the investment company her grandfather started - Investment AB Kinnevik. The estate covered many holdings in different domiciles, why the finalisation of the estate process is not expected until 2007.

Since her father passed away, Cristina has been the family's representative on the Board of Directors of Kinnevik. She has presided over the capital restructuring of the associated companies Millicom and Metro as well as the merger between Invik and Investment AB Kinnevik and the acquisition of Assidomän Cartonboard.

She learnt Swedish in nine months in 1997 when studying at Lund University, Sweden.

Since September 2005, Cristina Stenbeck is married to the English businessman Alexander Fitzgibbons.