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Ola Rollén
Ola Rollén is a Swedish entrepreneur and businessman. He retired as CEO of Hexagon AB, a global technology firm on December 31, 2022.
Rollén was born in Stockholm in 1965. He earned an undergraduate degree in finance and economics from Stockholm University in 1989.
After graduation, Rollén began his career at Stora AB in 1989 and later joined AB Kanthal in 1990.
In 1996, Ola Rollén became president of Kanthal. Two years later he changed jobs and became vice president at Avesta Sheffield. In 1999, he became CEO of Sandvik Stål (now Sandvik Materials Technology) in Sandviken.
The following year, Rollén was recruited by Melker Schörling to be CEO of Hexagon, which was then a conglomerate with limited growth prospects. Under Rollén's leadership, Hexagon expanded internationally through the acquisition of Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, Intergraph, and MSC Software to become a leader in advanced measurement technology. Hexagon has acquired more than 200 companies during Rollén's years as CEO, while balancing the company's portfolio with hardware and software products.
Hexagon also managed to create a successful Rubber compounding business Hexpol that was distributed to Hexagons shareholders in 2008 via an IPO on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In 2015, Rollén sold half of his shares in Hexagon to form the investment company Greenbridge Partners, which as of October 2015 owned 20% of Norwegian Next Biometrics. Melker Schörling, then chairman of Hexagon's Board of Directors, supported and invested in this new venture.
He has been named to the Harvard Business Review's “Best-Performing CEOs” list several times.
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Ola Rollén
Ola Rollén is a Swedish entrepreneur and businessman. He retired as CEO of Hexagon AB, a global technology firm on December 31, 2022.
Rollén was born in Stockholm in 1965. He earned an undergraduate degree in finance and economics from Stockholm University in 1989.
After graduation, Rollén began his career at Stora AB in 1989 and later joined AB Kanthal in 1990.
In 1996, Ola Rollén became president of Kanthal. Two years later he changed jobs and became vice president at Avesta Sheffield. In 1999, he became CEO of Sandvik Stål (now Sandvik Materials Technology) in Sandviken.
The following year, Rollén was recruited by Melker Schörling to be CEO of Hexagon, which was then a conglomerate with limited growth prospects. Under Rollén's leadership, Hexagon expanded internationally through the acquisition of Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, Intergraph, and MSC Software to become a leader in advanced measurement technology. Hexagon has acquired more than 200 companies during Rollén's years as CEO, while balancing the company's portfolio with hardware and software products.
Hexagon also managed to create a successful Rubber compounding business Hexpol that was distributed to Hexagons shareholders in 2008 via an IPO on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In 2015, Rollén sold half of his shares in Hexagon to form the investment company Greenbridge Partners, which as of October 2015 owned 20% of Norwegian Next Biometrics. Melker Schörling, then chairman of Hexagon's Board of Directors, supported and invested in this new venture.
He has been named to the Harvard Business Review's “Best-Performing CEOs” list several times.
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