Who owns it?
Built by SE Sweden, 1927
2010
Owned by CN China, Hangzhou

Volvo Cars is Swedish by birth and Chinese by ownership.

Volvo Car AB shares began trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on 29 October 2021 under the ticker VOLCAR B.

Where it sits

Two levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

CN Hangzhou Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. the chain ends here
Volvo Cars
SE Gothenburg Volvo Car AB (publ) VOLCAR-B.ST
78.65%

99 years, three owners

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1927 The first Volvo car built by Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, the OV4, drove out of the factory in Gothenburg on 14 April 1927.
  2. 1999 Ford bought Volvo's worldwide passenger car business from AB Volvo for about 6.45 billion dollars, completing the purchase on 31 March 1999.
  3. 2010 Geely bought Volvo Cars from Ford for 1.8 billion dollars, completing the deal on 2 August 2010.
  4. 2021 Volvo Car AB shares began trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on 29 October 2021 under the ticker VOLCAR B.
Geely Holding 7 marques

Geely buys companies and keeps their names, rather than inventing badges.

Sweden 2
Polestar Gothenburg
Volvo Cars Gothenburg
Germany 1
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