
KJELL INGE RØKKE
Kjell Inge Røkke (born October 25, 1958 in Molde) is a businessman and among the richest men in Norway. He controls the Norweigian company Aker Kværner. He is currently set to serve a months prison sentence for bribery.
Røkke started out as a fisherman aged 18, and has no formal education. For several years he worked on fishing trawlers in Alaska. In the early 1990s he returned to Norway and started buying and restructuring various companies.
Røkke and his business companion Bjørn Rune Gjelsten were involved in the controversial move of Wimbledon Football Club from London to Milton Keynes in 2002, resulting in the Wimbledon fans forming their own club, AFC Wimbledon. He also had shares in Molde F.K. and helped fund the Molde stadium (Røkkeløkka).
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AKER KVÆRNER
Aker Kværner
is a Norwegian multinational provider of services related to
engineering, construction, maintenance, modification and operation of
both large and small industrial facilities. The company, with roots
back to 1841, has its headquarters in Oslo and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. Aker ASA owns 50,01% of the company.
The Aker Kværner group provides advanced technology products, on their own or as part of integrated solutions. Aker Kværner´s
businesses span a number of industries, including petroleum, refining
and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, power
generation, pulp and paper, mining and metals. It also owns a 20% stake
in Sea Launch.
The group has approximately 23,000 employees in more than 30 countries, in addition to more than 5,500 agency staff and contract personnel.
AKER SEAFOOD
Aker Seafoods is a Norwegian Whitefish fishing, seafood processing and sale company that is part of the Kjell Inge Røkke controlled Aker Group who own 65.0% of the company. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has it´s headquarters in Oslo at Aker Brygge.
The company operates 15 trawlers north of 62 degrees in Norway with 9% of the total concessions in the area. Aker Seafoods
also owns and operates eleven processing plants with six in Norway and
five in Denmark. The company has an integrated chain so two thirds of
the processing capacity is served with self-fished fish.
Among the companies that use Aker Seafoods´ produce are Findus, Nestlé, Pieters, Primex, Seachill, Unilever and Young´s Bluecrest.
Aker Seafoods was created in 2005 as a merger between Norway Seafoods (a subsidiary of Aker), West Fish-Aarsæther and Nordic Sea Holding. The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in May 2005.
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