DEDICATION
To my Grandfather Per Ingemar Aae
I dedicate all my books to my grandfather, Per Ingemar Aae, and to my son Benjamin.
My grandfather’s life ended tragically at the young age of 34 after suffering for several months before he died from leukemia.
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, he was sent to the United States from Sweden to help implement President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Program. He worked with large companies introducing new procedures for accounting and fiscal reporting. He brought his knowledge and experience back to Sweden, where he became a university professor to teach finance and accounting.
I hope that future generations of my now teenage son will benefit from my books. I believe that my books follow my grandfather’s footsteps and continue the work that he was never able to complete.
BIOGRAPHY
Ingemar Aae, my paternal grandfather, was born in Linköping, Sweden, on June 9, 1909. He studied at the then newly inaugurated College of Economics in Stockholm HHS, Härnösand, from 1927 to 1930. He graduated with a business degree and started to work as a primary assistant for Professor Oskar K. G. Sillén, who was the key figure who brought business auditing to life in Sweden and is known as “the true creator of the modern audit system.”