Erik Selin

Erik Selin (#1086)

Global Rank #1086

Country Rank #19

Country Sweden

Erik Selin is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 4 B
Real estate
Sweden
M
59 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,086

Country Rank #19

Net Worth $4.0B

Previous Worth $4.0B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Sweden

Industry Real estate

Age 59 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Göteborg, Sweden

Citizenship Sweden

World Billionaires List Sweden Billionaires Real estate

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Personal Stats

Age 58

Source Of Wealth Real estate, Self Made

Residence Göteborg, Sweden

Citizenship Sweden

Marital Status Divorced

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $4.0B

Current Net Worth $4.0B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Erik Selin is CEO of publicly traded real estate firm Fastighets AB Balder, which he founded in 2005. Selin skipped college to focus on his stock investments but lost it all in the crash of 1987, before moving on to property trades. At age 24, Selin convinced a local bank to lend him $2 million to finance a deal for a residential development in ?ngelholm, Sweden. Today 56% of the real estate held by Balder is residential. Balder also has 50 hotels, making it one of Sweden's largest hotel owners.

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#869

Billionaires (2026)

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Selin claims to have started reading annual reports at age 12 and trading securities at age 14 with money from summer jobs.

Balder is a partner in a new travel center in Sweden that was supposedly one of the last projects of famed architect Zaha Hadid.

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Current Net Worth: $4.0B (May 4, 2026)