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Elekta was jointly founded in 1972 by the late Lars Leksell, Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and his son Laurent Leksell, in order to commercialize the development of the Leksell Stereotactic System, and Gamma Knife, which he had been researching since the late 1940s.Since 1994, the company has been listed on the Nordic Exchange under the ticker EKTAb. Larry Leksell became Chief Executive Officer of Elekta until 2005, and under his leadership the company expanded into a public medical technology group with more than 3,400 employees worldwide. Larry Leksell remains the Chairman of the Board of Elekta. The role of President and CEO has been held by the following:
Tomas Puusepp: May 2005 to May 2014
Niklas Savander: May 2014 to May 2015
Tomas Puusepp: May 2015 to June 2016
Richard Hausmann: June 2016 until June 2020
Gustaf Salford: June–November 2020 ; November 2020 - today
Acquired companies
Elekta has acquired companies within the industry as well as distributors and service providers. Some of these include: Philips Medical Systems radiotherapy division, IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., Beijing Medical Equipment Institute , 3D Line Medical Systems, CMS, Inc., Nucletron, ProKnow Systems, LLC, Kaiku Health.
