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May 10, 1944 Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway 80 years old
Cypriot businessman
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About John Fredriksen
- John Fredriksen (born 10 May 1944) is a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping billionaire businessman, who owns the world's largest oil tanker fleet.
- He has major interests in the offshore driller Seadrill, the fish farming company Mowi, the dry bulk company Golden Ocean Group, and the supply vessel company Deep Sea Supply.
- Through his investment companies Hemen Holdings and Meisha, Fredriksen controls the companies Frontline and Golar LNG.
- In 2010–2011, Frontline owned 9.6 percent of another large tanker company, Overseas Shipholding Group.
- North Atlantic Drilling, Sevan Drilling, and Asia Offshore Drilling are partly owned by Seadrill.Born in Oslo, Norway, Fredriksen is a Cypriot citizen who resides in London.
- Before abandoning his Norwegian citizenship, he was Norway's richest man.
- Norwegian magazine Kapital listed Fredriksen in 2013 with a net worth of NOK 69,75 billion (US$11.9 billion).
- In 2012, he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
- He was named in the top 10 most influential people in the shipping industry according to Lloyds List 2014.
