Kjell Inge Røkke
DIRECTOR
Management
Aker Solutions
Norway
Biography
Entrepreneur and industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke, Aker ASA’s main owner, has been a driving force in the development of Aker since the 1990s. Røkke launched his business career with the purchase of a 69-foot trawler in the United States in 1982, and gradually built a leading worldwide fisheries business, harvesting white fish and processing it at sea. In 1996, Røkke purchased enough Aker shares to become Aker’s largest shareholder and owns today 67.99 percent of Aker ASA through The Resource Group TRG AS, which he owns together with his wife. Røkke is chairman of the board of Aker ASA and a member on the boards of Kværner ASA, Aker BP ASA and Ocean Yield ASA. *While Røkke holds no shares or stock options directly in Aker Solutions, he has an indirect ownership interest in the company through his investment company The Resource Group TRG AS and subsidiaries, which he co-owns with his wife, and which holds approximately 68 percent of the shares in Aker ASA, Aker Solutions’ main owner. Røkke is a Norwegian citizen. He has been elected for the period 2016-2018.
Research Interest
Business Management
