Erik Selin

Erik Selin is a Swedish billionaire property developer, and the CEO and controlling owner of Fastighets AB Balder. Erik Selin was born in 1967. Selin is the chairman of Collector Credit AB, SATO Oyj, and Collector AB. Selin lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • Erik Selin is CEO of publicly traded real estate developer and owner 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 Ängelholm, Sweden.
  • Today over 60% of the real estate held by Balder is residential.
  • Balder also has 40 hotels, making it one of Sweden’s largest hotel owners.