Olav Thon, named the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Seed Forum, grew up as a farm boy who only went to the city to sell fox pelts. He bought his first building in 1951 and opened his first restaurant in 1966. He became a shopping center, real estate, and hotel magnate and was listed in the …
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