Petter Stordalen

Petter Stordalen

Petter Anker Stordalen (born 29 November 1962) is a Norwegian investor and hotel "tycoon".

Following a successful start in business as the owner of the Steen & Strøm shopping center chain, Stordalen is the new big name in the Scandinavian hotel world. In 2004, as CEO of Choice Hotels Scandinavia - in which he owns 45 percent - Stordalen revitalized hotel accommodation fortravelers, reinstating basic core values such as design, consideration and individualism.

Environmental activism

In 2002 Stordalen made headline news by joining a demonstration against the controversial nuclear waste plant in Sellafield. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article439341.ece Real estate magnate joins Sellafield fight - Aftenposten.no ] ]

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