Lorenzo Grabau

Lorenzo Grabau is an Italian businessman and he was recently chief executive officer of Swedish investment firm Investment AB Kinnevik until December 7, 2016. Prior to this, Grabau had an extensive career in investment banking, with 17 years spent at Goldman Sachs.

Career

After graduating from Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, in Italy, Grabau joined the investment bank Merrill Lynch in 1990 as an analyst. He remained here for five years working in the mergers and acquisition department in London and New York City. In 1994, he joined the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, where he remained until 2011. During his time here, he held various leadership positions, eventually rising to managing director in 1999, responsible for driving growth within the consumer/retail and media/online industry practices, as well as the firm’s financial sponsors group. In May 2013, he was appointed as a non-executive director at Millicom, while the following month, he was offered the role of co-chairman of CTC Media, which he accepted.

In May 2014, he assumed his current role as CEO of Investment AB Kinnevik, and Tele2, media firm Modern Times Group, e-commerce company Rocket Internet, as well as advisory firm SecureValue and online music retailer CDON.

He is now married to wife Sabrina Bodmer and they have two children.