Kjell Inge Røkke

Kjell Inge Røkke

Kjell Inge Røkke (born 25 October 1958 in Molde) is a Norwegian businessman and among the richest men in Norway. He controls the Norwegian company Aker Kværner.

Røkke started out as a fisherman aged 18, and has no secondary or higher education. For several years he worked on fishing trawlers in Alaska. In the early 1990s he returned to Norway, buying and restructuring various companies.

In 2008, he was considered to be the seventh richest person in Norway, with a fortune of NOK 12.5 billion, [cite news |author=Norwegian News Agency |authorlink= |title=Kapital: Dette er landets rikeste |url=http://www.hegnar.no/okonomi/article317697.ece |date=25 September 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-27 ] approximately 2.2 billion U.S. dollars.

Røkke also had shares in the football club from his home town, Molde FK, and helped erect the new stadium in Molde, after some time renamed Aker stadion after his corporation.

Controversies

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.

After his 2005 conviction for corruption involving the illegal purchase of a boat licence, he served 24-25 days of a 30 day prison sentence in Hof, Vestfold. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Røkke to serve jail time |date=April 23 2007 | url =http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article1751269.ece | work =Aftenposten | pages = | accessdate = 2007-04-24 | language = ] [ [http://e24.no/lov-og-rett/article2010393.ece#AF Røkke er ute] (Røkke is out) e24, September 23, 2007]

He suffers from dyslexia, but claims that it has helped him to his success.Fact|date=September 2008

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