Rank #132
John Fredriksen
Net worth $21.1B
Shipping · Cyprus
- Born
- Feb 01, 1945
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Shipping
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- Cyprus
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Fredriksen's empire includes oil tankers, dry bulkers, LNG carriers and deepwater drilling rigs.
- He first got into oil trading in the 1960s in Beirut, bought his first tankers in the 1970s, and ran crude for Iran in the 1980s.
- His offshore drilling rig firm Seadrill emerged from bankruptcy in 2018, with Fredriksen helping to raise about $1 billion in new debt and equity.
- He also owns a stake in Mowi, which has rolled up competitors to become the biggest fish farmer in the world.
- Though set to hand control to twins Kathrine and Cecilie, he has said "My daughters should not have to live with the work everyday I've had."
- Fredriksen gave up his Norwegian citizenship in favor of tax-haven Cyprus.
- Fredriksen operates out of a 30,000 square foot mansion in London and relaxes in Marbella.
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