Pink fish billionaires.
The financial magazine Kapital published on Thursday morning its annual overview of Norway’s 400 richest people. As a function of high salmon prices, the list has received an ever-increasing share of people who have made themselves rich because of the salmon farming trade.
John Fredriksen takes the throne as usual at the top of the list. Mowi’s largest shareholder, who is a Cypriot citizen, is the only one with more than EUR 9 billion in wealth.
As many as 45 people with ties to the Norwegian aquaculture industry are billionaires, according to this list. Put another way, 11.25 per-cent of the country’s billionaires do business related to salmon.
Here is their ranking on the list, name and fortune:
1. John Fredriksen NOK 104 billion
6. Gustav Witzøe NOK 33.5 billion
17. Inge Harald Berg NOK 10.5 billion
32. Gerhard Alsaker NOK 6.8 billion
47. Ola Helge Holmøy NOK 4.95 billion
57. Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen NOK 4.4 billion
61. Helge Arvid Møgster NOK 4.3 billion
80. Helge Gåsø NOK 3.7 billion
98. Ola Braanaas NOK 3.1 billion
101. Frode Teigen NOK 3 billion
115. Odd Einar Sandøy NOK 2.8 billion
129. Per Grieg Jr. NOK 2.4 billion
129. Olav Svendsen NOK 2.4 billion
140. Finn Wilhelm Sinkaberg NOK 2.3 billion
155. Roger Halsebakk NOK 2.1 billion
162. Kjell Haugland NOK 2.05 billion
162. Elna Katrine Grieg NOK 2.05 billion
162. Camilla Marianne Grieg NOK 2.05 billion
169. Linn Karen Møgster NOK 2 billion
169. Elisabeth Grieg NOK 2 billion
179. Karl Johan Sunde NOK 1.95 billion
186. Randi Herre Eide NOK 1.8 billion
186. Kristian Eidesvik NOK 1.8 billion
196. Runar Vatne NOK 1.75 billion
196. Kjell Arild Lorentsen NOK 1.75 billion
211. Rolv Haugarvoll NOK 1.65 billion
214. Leif Inge Nordhammer NOK 1.6 billion
214. Anders Pedersen NOK 1.6 billion
227. Håkon Kristian Tombre NOK 1.55 billion
231. Anders Måsøval NOK 1.5 billion
246. Lars Måsøval NOK 1.45 billion
253. Halle Sivertsen NOK 1.4 billion
283. Per Grieg Sr. NOK 1.25 billion
283. Nils Martin Williksen 1.25 billion
283. Inge Helge Vassbotten NOK 1.25 billion
283. Eva Maria Kristoffersen NOK 1.25 billion
283. Alex Vassbotten NOK 1.25 billion
303. Ulf Ellingsen NOK 1.2 billion
303. Per Anton Løfsnæs NOK 1.2 billion
303. Ove Løfsnæs NOK 1.2 billion
321. Maria Olaisen NOK 1.15 billion
321. Aino Olaisen NOK 1.15 billion
332. Karl Olaf Jørgensen NOK 1.1 billion
332. Hans Kristian Mong NOK 1.1 billion
363. Ole-Eirik Lerøy NOK 980 million
390. Geir Lundberg NOK 880 million
394. Thomas Johan Jessen NOK 850
394. Jim Roger Nordly NOK 850
