Kirsten Rausing

Eva Kirsten Elisabet Rausing (born 6 June 1952) is a Swedish-British businesswoman, who owns a third of the holding company Tetra Laval and sits on the company board alongside other members of her family.

She was listed as the 150th richest individual in the world in the Forbes 2020 list of The World's Billionaires.

Early life Born in Lund, Sweden, Rausing is the eldest child of Swedish industrialist Gad Rausing (1922–2000) and his wife Birgit (née Mayne). She is the granddaughter of Ruben Rausing (1895–1983) who was the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak. Her father bought out the 50% share in the company from his brother Hans Rausing in 1995, leaving her side of the family as sole remaining owner of Tetra Pak.

Rausing is a member of the Jockey Club and a former director of The National Stud. With Richard Frisby, Michael Goodbody and Guy Heald, she is a director of the British Bloodstock Agency, which buys and sells racehorses on behalf of wealthy clients. Rausing owns Staffordstown Stud in County Meath, Ireland.

Rausing is one of Britain's richest women. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2021 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK she was placed 7th (jointly with her brother Jörn) with an estimated fortune of £13 Billion.

She has never married and has no children. She is a Conservative Party donor.

She was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Suffolk on 18 November 2016. This entitled her to the Post Nominal Letters "DL" for life.