Portrait of Odd Reitan & family

Rank #403

Odd Reitan & family

Net worth $8.8B

Retail, real estate · Norway

Born
Sep 11, 1951
Age
74
Source
Retail, real estate
Residence
Trondheim
Citizenship
Norway
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Odd Reitan is the sole owner of Reitangruppen, which is one of the largest chains of grocery stores in Norway.
  • The son of single-store grocers, he opened his own shop in 1972 named AS Sjokkpris, or "Chocking price."
  • Now his privately held Reitangruppen owns grocery and convenience stores throughout Scandinavia and the Baltic, and employs 38,000 people.
  • Reitan's son, Ole Robert, is the Administrative director of grocery chain REMA 1000; son Magnus oversees Reitan Convenience.