Shipowner John Fredriksen, who is turning 75 this Friday, may be the richest Norwegian that has lived ever.
Fredriksen started as a telex messenger at broker Blehr & Tenvig with a zero fortune when he was 16 years old.
Norwegian magazine Kapital has published its annual list of the nation's richest people and estimates Fredriksen is worth NOK 113bn ($14bn), double anybody else on the list.
