Göte Engfors

"The burning interest in economics would pay off. Of all the students that Eli Heckscher examined during his professorial years, only five received the highest grades in economics. Ruben was one of them. The others were Jacob Wallenberg (1912), Bertil Ohlin (1919), Alf Johansson (1922), and Göte Engfors (1924)."

"The difficulties were never known outside a very narrow circle, but an outsider who was concerned about the conglomerate’s condition was Marcus Wallenberg. In his eyes, Tetra Pak began to constitute a source of worry, as the company was consuming an increasingly large part of Åkerlund & Rausing’s resources. The overall picture made him wonder about Enskilda Bank’s lending to the Rausing/Crafoord corporate group. Marcus Wallenberg was extremely well-informed about the group’s condition, partly through Göte Engfors who sat on the Åkerlund & Rausing board, and partly because over the years he had become friends with Ruben."

"“If I think about what they have meant to us - Erik Wallenberg, through his Tetra invention, Gunnar Brime through 27 years of activity in ÅR, Torsten Jeppsson through his devoted, tremendously hard work over many years, Harry Järund through his inventing activities, Stig Sunner through his scientific advising, Erik Torudd for his commitment to Tetra Pak from the very first minute, Göte Engfors through his 20-year, significantly underpaid directorship in our various companies, and Carl Borgström’s exceptionally important advising for our operations - then the price you mention, as far as I can judge, is really not reasonable,” he continued. But Holger never had the chance to carry out his plan to help the remaining small shareholders."