Kjell Inge Røkke was in a generous mood, and was lavish in his praise of fishing fleet owner Erik Breivik whom he called "the Godfather of Alaskan fisheries". He glanced toward Breivik who was actually sitting in the audience:
”He’s the reason I’m standing here today. He was due to go fishing in Alaska, and asked if I was interested in going along. I actually wanted to go to Greenland, and was given an hour to make my mind up,” Røkke said as he started to relate the shortened version of his rise from a low achiever at school to industrial magnate.
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Røkke’s road to the top
Akureyri, Iceland: When Norwegian magnate Kjell Inge Røkke stepped up to the speaker’s podium at the Islandsbanki conference in Akureyri he was introduced by presenter Petur Einarsson as "a legend in the fishing industry". “Having patience has been a costly experience,” imparted Røkke in his own candid account of the journey from when he signed up as crew on a fishing boat in Alaska until he merged the corporations of Aker and Kværner.
14 September 2004 5:16 GMT
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10 July 2012 5:21 GMT
