John Fredriksen

$15.87B
as of 02/18/25

About John Fredriksen

Fredriksen's empire includes oil tankers, dry bulkers, LNG carriers and deepwater drilling rigs.

He first got into oil trading in the 1960s in Beirut, bought his first tankers in the 1970s, and ran crude for Iran in the 1980s.

His offshore drilling rig firm Seadrill emerged from bankruptcy in 2018, with Fredriksen helping to raise about $1 billion in new debt and equity.

His biggest holding is Marine Harvest, now named Mowi, which has rolled up competitors to become the biggest fish farmer in the world.

Though set to hand control to twins Kathrine and Cecilie, he has said "My daughters should not have to live with the work everyday I've had."

Personal stats

Citizenship

Cyprus

Source of wealth

Shipping

Residence

London, United Kingdom

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

02/01/45 (age 80)

Number of children

2

Self-made

self-made

John Fredriksen’s fortune is worth

265K

troy ounces of gold

244K

median U.S. household

159K

median U.S. income

0.317%

U.S. credit card volume

0.063%

GDP of the United States

0.047%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Fredriksen operates out of a 30,000 square foot mansion in London and relaxes in Marbella.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

US OTC | ARHVF-US

Archer Limited

OSLO | ACR-NO

Axactor

OSLO | EWIND-NO

Edda Wind

OSLO | FRO-NO

Frontline Ltd. - NOK

NASDAQ | GOGL-US

Golden Ocean

NYSE | INSW-US

International Seaways

OSLO | MOWI-NO

Marine Harvest ASA

OSLO | NODL-NO

Northern Drilling

NYSE | SFL-US

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