Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 m freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. An undergraduate student from the University of California, Baron was named into its Hall of Fame in 1999. In the years 1979–1985 he won a total number of 33 Swedish titles.
After his career as swimmer, Baron attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his MBA in 1988. Upon graduation, he joined McKinsey & Company in their Stockholm office, after which he joined numerous consumer companies, including Coca-Cola, AB Frionor (a Norwegian frozen seafood company), and Kodak. From 2001 to 2004, Baron was CEO and President of Absolut Vodka, CEO and president of its parent company V&S Group 2004–2008, then CEO for Leaf 2009–2012 and after Leaf's merger with Cloetta he was CEO of the new Cloetta from 2012. He announced in 2015 that he was going to leave Cloetta.[2]
He was previously married to Agneta Mårtensson, the couple has two daughters. He now lives with another woman.
Legend: WR – World record;ER – European record;NR – Swedish record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
bengt, baron, born, march, 1962, business, leader, former, backstroke, swimmer, from, sweden, swedish, sports, awards, inside, stockholm, globe, arena, stockholm, sweden, january, 2013personal, informationfull, namenicknamebarrenationalityswedishborn, 1962, ma. Bengt Baron born 6 March 1962 1 is a business leader and former backstroke swimmer from Sweden Bengt BaronBengt Baron at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm Sweden in January 2013Personal informationFull nameBengt BaronNicknameBarreNationalitySwedishBorn 1962 03 06 6 March 1962 age 62 Finspang OstergotlandHeight6 ft 4 in 193 cm Weight183 lb 83 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesbackstroke butterflyCollege teamUniversity of CaliforniaCoachNort Thornton Jr Medal record Men s swimming Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 m backstroke 1984 Los Angeles 4 100 m freestyle World Championships LC 1982 Guayaquil 100 m butterfly 1982 Guayaquil 4 100 m freestyle European Championships LC 1981 Split 4 100 m medley 1985 Sofia 4 100 m freestyle Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4 100 m freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California An undergraduate student from the University of California Baron was named into its Hall of Fame in 1999 In the years 1979 1985 he won a total number of 33 Swedish titles After his career as swimmer Baron attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley where he received his MBA in 1988 Upon graduation he joined McKinsey amp Company in their Stockholm office after which he joined numerous consumer companies including Coca Cola AB Frionor a Norwegian frozen seafood company and Kodak From 2001 to 2004 Baron was CEO and President of Absolut Vodka CEO and president of its parent company V amp S Group 2004 2008 then CEO for Leaf 2009 2012 and after Leaf s merger with Cloetta he was CEO of the new Cloetta from 2012 He announced in 2015 that he was going to leave Cloetta 2 He was previously married to Agneta Martensson the couple has two daughters He now lives with another woman Contents 1 Personal bests 1 1 Long course 50 m 2 Clubs 3 ReferencesPersonal bests editLong course 50 m edit Event Time DateMeet Location Ref 100 m backstroke 56 53 21 Jul 1980 Olympic Games Moscow Soviet Union 200 m backstroke 2 04 40 18 Aug 1979 Landskrona Sweden 100 m butterfly 54 47 11 Apr 1980 World Championships Guayaquil Ecuador Legend WR World record ER European record NR Swedish record Records not set in finals h heat sf semifinal r relay 1st leg rh relay heat 1st leg b B final en route to final mark tt time trialClubs editFinspangs SK SK Korrugal Jarfalla SSReferences editSveriges Olympiska Kommitte Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Bengt Baron Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Bengt Baron IOC Retrieved 18 March 2021 Aktiespararen no 5 2015 ISSN 0345 049X Sporting positions Preceded byPer Holmertz Swedish National LC ChampionMen s 50 m freestyle1984 Succeeded byPer Johansson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bengt Baron amp oldid 1222384515, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
