John Fredriksen’s most trusted employee break ranks – Dagbladet.no

John Fredriksen's most trusted employee break ranks – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): According to DN, Norway’s richest man – John Fredriksen (70) – and his closest co-worker – Tor Olav Trøims (51) – coated blurred in recent weeks.

Therefore announced Trøims before the weekend that he withdrew from the drilling company Seadrill and oil service company Archer. In July it became clear that Trøims reduced its role in Fredriksen companies.

Trøims was then joined by a burly “severance package”: 3,000,000 shares in Golar LNG and 2,000,000 shares in Seadrill, representing values for 1.6 billion. In addition, controls Trøims values ​​further 0.8 billion in two listed companies.

Switch

Within a few days, Trøims now withdrawn from all the remaining companies which Fredriksen is dominant owner. It’s the final break between the two. DN says John Fredriksen following about Trøims withdrawal from Seadrill:

– I am grateful for Tor Olav’s contribution to Seadrill group. I contracted even the first rig in 2004 Trøims was an employee and a good contributor to help build the company.

The ties between Norway’s richest man and his right hand through 19 years thus cut.

Fredriksen Marine Harvest sent Sunday evening a press release about Trøims departure.

Thanking

– The Board would like to thank Tor Olav Trøims for his long service as a director and His contribution to the development of Marine Harvest for the world’s leading seafood company said in a stock exchange release.

Trøims role in Fredriksen’s companies and life was described in a book in 2005:

“The age difference is nineteen years and psychologists would say that Trøims represents the son Fredriksen never had, “wrote Odd Harald Hauge and Gunnar Stavrum in the book Storeulv.

Vålerenga

When Trøims huge severance package was ready, reported DN that the shares do Trøims Norway’s 62 richest person on the paper in front eiendomsmagnat Christian Ringnes.

The 51 years old civil engineer Tor Olav Trøims taxes to Cyprus.

He is married to cosmetics heir Celina Midelfart, and known as the man behind the repeated financial bailouts in Vålerenga – which he entered with five million as recently as July.