Volvo Car AB, trading as Volvo Cars, is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles, headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons and sedans, and its main marketing revolves around safety and its Swedish heritage and design. Volvo Cars has been separate from its former parent AB Volvo since 1999, when AB Volvo sold its automobile division to the Ford Motor Company for 6.47 billion US dollars, and on 28 March 2010 Ford sold Volvo Cars to Geely Holding for 1.8 billion dollars. The company was publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in 2021, though Geely Holding still retains majority ownership.
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Volvo Car AB (Swedish: [ˈvɔlːvʊ kɑːr oːˈbeː]), trading as Volvo Cars (Swedish: Volvo personvagnar, pronounced [ˈvɔlːvʊ pæˈʂuːnˌvɑŋːnar]; styled VOLVO in the company's logo), is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles.
Subsidiary Of: Geely Holding Group, Lead: subsidiary-of
Volvo Cars was publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in 2021, though Geely Holding still retains majority ownership.
Led By: Li Shufu, Article body: led-by
Li Shufu became Volvo Cars' chairman of the board.
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Volvo Car AB (Swedish: [ˈvɔlːvʊ kɑːr oːˈbeː]), trading as Volvo Cars (Swedish: Volvo personvagnar, pronounced [ˈvɔlːvʊ pæˈʂuːnˌvɑŋːnar]; styled VOLVO in the company's logo), is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles.
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Håkan Samuelsson (born 19 March 1951) is a Swedish businessman who is chairman of the executive board (CEO) of Volvo Cars Corporation AB from October 2012 to January 2022.
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