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Sigrid Maria Elisabet Rausing (born 29 January 1962) is a Swedish philanthropist, anthropologist and publisher. She is the founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust, one of the United Kingdom's largest philanthropic foundations, and owner of Granta magazine and Granta Books.
The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making foundation established in 1995. The Trust's grant-making is organised into three main grant-making programmes: Human Rights and the Rule of Law; Open Societies; and Environment.
Sigrid Rausing is the Publisher of Granta Books, and the former Editor of Granta Magazine. She is also the Chair of the Sigrid Rausing Trust, a philanthropic foundation that supports human rights, culture and social justice.
Learn about the origins, vision and evolution of the Sigrid Rausing Trust, a Swedish foundation that supports human rights, environmental protection and civic space. Explore the timeline of its grant-making since 1995, from human rights abuses to transitional justice, from torture prevention to corporate accountability.
Sigrid Rausing is the publisher of Granta magazine and Granta Publications, and the chair of the Granta Trust board. She shares her love for Janet Malcolm, John Griffin, Jessica Mitford and Victor Klemperer, among other authors published by Granta.
Nov 17, 2022 · Sigrid Rausing is Editor and Publisher of Granta magazine and Publisher of Granta Books. She is the author of History, Memory and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia and the memoirs Everything is Wonderful and Mayhem. ‘What precisely is the sibling relationship, and how does it shape our lives?’.
Sigrid Rausing is the Publisher of Granta Books, and the Editor of Granta magazine. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from University College London, which was followed by a two-year Honorary Fellowship.
