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Moving up at Maersk:
Robert and Johan Uggla
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Moller family
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller’s
grandsons rising up the ranks
Johan and Robert Uggla are steadily climbing the
corporate ladder at Denmark’s biggest company
MAERSK Mc-Kinney Moller’s grandsons have managed to
keep a remarkably low profile, despite belonging to one of
the world’s most powerful shipping dynasties.
But when their grandfather died in April at the age of
98, they suddenly found themselves in the spotlight as
speculation began over whether another Moller could one
day lead Denmark’s biggest company.
Mr Moller’s death did not create any internal corporate
upheavals. Michael Pram Rasmussen has been chairman
since 2003 when Mr Moller retired from that position.
He is survived by three daughters, Leise, Kirsten and Ane.
The oldest and youngest are both involved in the business,
with Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla particularly close to her
late father.
And it is her two sons who are carrying on the family
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tradition, while a third grandson, Morten Olufsen, is on
the board of the AP Moller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller
Foundation.
While Mr Moller was alive, it was relatively easy for Johan
and Robert Uggla to work their way up the corporate ladder
without attracting too much attention, helped by their
Swedish surname.
While almost an iconic figure, Mr Moller had kept his
distance from the press while his three daughters also
preferred to stay in the background.
But in this media age, the next generation will find it
much harder avoid attention, particularly as they move into
more high-profile jobs.
Early last year, Johan Uggla was appointed managing
director of APM Terminals-Cargo Service in Aarhus, which
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