Kjell Inge Røkke has become Norway's undisputed oil king

In his native Norway, Kjell Inge Røkke is known as the man from the small town of Molde, who started as a fisherman and who has since then usually been drawing the longest straws. With the creation of new oil giant Aker BP, the billionaire strikes again.
Photo: PR-foto/Aker
Photo: PR-foto/Aker
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

The story of 57-year-old Kjell Inge Røkke is the story of a boy from the small town of Molde in Norway, who took a job on a fishing boat in Alaska and has been reaching for the sky ever since.

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