Fredriksen (centre) and Stelios Haji-Ioannou (far left) at a meeting in 1989.
Born
(1944-05-10) 10 May 1944 (age 80)
Eidsvoll, Norway
Nationality
Cypriot
Occupation(s)
Businessman shipping magnate
Known for
Owner of Golden Ocean Group Owner of Deep Sea Supply Owner of Frontline Ltd. Shareholder of Overseas Shipholding Group
Spouse
Married
Children
2
John Fredriksen (born 10 May 1944) is a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping billionaire businessman based in London. He owns the world's largest oil tanker fleet and has major interests in the offshore driller Seadrill, the fish farming company Mowi, and the dry bulk company Golden Ocean Group. Through his investment companies Hemen Holdings and Meisha, Fredriksen controls the companies Frontline, Avance Gas Holding Ltd. and Flex LNG Ltd. In 2010–2011, Frontline owned 9.6 percent of another large tanker company, Overseas Shipholding Group.[1]
Born in Oslo, Norway, Fredriksen is now a naturalised Cypriot citizen.[2][3] Before abandoning his Norwegian citizenship, he was Norway's richest man.[4] Norwegian magazine Kapital listed Fredriksen in 2013 with a net worth of NOK 69,75 billion (US$11.9 billion).[5][6] In 2012, he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. He was named in the top 10 most influential people in the shipping industry according to Lloyds List 2014.[7]
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^"The Richest Person In Cyprus Is Actually Norwegian".
^De Lange, Grete. Norway's richest man no longer Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Aftenposten. 11 May 2006)
^"John Fredriksen". Forbes.
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^"10. John Fredriksen, Seatankers". 12 December 2014.
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