John Fredriksen worked hard all his life to become one of the most powerful shipowners in the world. Along the way he also invested in other businesses, not least fish farming. The legendary tycoon, who now ranks as one of the wealthiest men not just in Norway but the world, turned 70 over the weekend and is showing no signs of slowing down.
John Fredriksen, arguably Norway’s most successful shipowner and investor ever, turned 70 over the weekend. Fredriksen, who grew up in a working class district of Oslo now ranks as one of the world’s wealthiest men. PHOTO: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Scanpix
His twin daughters Cecilie and Kathrine, who stand to inherit the empire Fredriksen built up, have tried