Tom Persson

{{short description|Swedish billionaire businessman (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Persson | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 May 1985}} | birth_place = | citizenship = Swedish | education = Met Film School | occupation = | known_for = | spouse = {{marriage|Sofia Strandman|2016}} | children = | parents = Stefan Persson<br /> Pamela Collett | relatives = Erling Persson (grandfather)<br /> Karl-Johan Persson (brother)<br /> Charlotte Söderström (sister)<br /> Lottie Tham (aunt) | website = }}

'''Tom Stefan Persson''' (born 15 May 1985) 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.<ref name="Forbes 2016 The World's Billionaires" /> On the ''Forbes'' 2019 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #1300 with a net worth of US$1.9 billion.<ref name="Forbes 2016 The World's Billionaires">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/tom-persson/?list=billionaires |title=The World's Billionaires (2016 ranking): #722 Tom Persson |date=1 March 2016 |work=Forbes |accessdate=2 January 2017}}</ref>

==Early life== Tom Persson grew up in Djursholm as the youngest child of Stefan Persson and Pamela Persson, née Collett-Larson, and is the younger brother of Karl-Johan Persson and Charlotte Söderström.<ref>{{Cite web |last=HuldschinerText |first=Henrik |date=2021-12-09 |title=Dolda H&M-miljardärens roll i imperiet: ”Bra känsla hur man hittar guldklimparna” |url=https://www.di.se/nyheter/dolda-h-m-miljardarens-roll-i-imperiet-bra-kansla-hur-man-hittar-guldklimparna/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Dagens industri |language=sv}}</ref> Tom Persson attended and graduated from the Met Film School in London.<ref name="Forbes 2016 The World's Billionaires" />

==Career== He works in the film industry<ref name="Forbes 2016 The World's Billionaires" /> as a producer, producing two films in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8169256/|title=Tom Persson|website=IMDb}}</ref> Tom Persson's company CoMade started its operations in 2016 within film and media.

==Personal life== In May 2016, he married his long-term girlfriend, Swedish-born Sofia Strandman, at the family estate in Ramsbury, England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kungligt/hochm-sonen-gifte-sig-i-hemlighet-i-privata-byn/|title=H&M-sonen gifte sig i hemlighet i privata byn|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kjendis/lever-i-skjul-pa-den-engelske-landsbygda-og-menger-seg-med-abba-og-den-svenske-kongefamilien/68786507|title=Slik er den steinrike H&M-familien: - Lever i skjul på den engelske landsbygda, og menger seg med ABBA og den svenske kongefamilien|first=Hedda Fannemel|last=Espeli|date=28 October 2017|website=dagbladet.no}}</ref>

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