Odd Reitan
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Odd Reitan | |
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| Born | 11 September 1951 Trondheim, Norway |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder, CEO and co-owner of Reitan AS |
| Spouses | Marit Arntsen
(m. 1972, divorced)Hilde Undlien (m. 2018) |
| Children | Ole Robert Reitan and Magnus Reitan |
| Website | www |
Odd Reitan (born 11 September 1951) is a Norwegian billionaire businessman. He was born in Trondheim. He is co-owner and CEO of the Reitan AS.[1]
Career
Reitan established his first shop in Trondheim in 1972, in cooperation with his father. In 1979 he established the grocery chain store REMA 1000, which came to be a great success. By 1990 every village in Norway with more than 10,000 inhabitants had a Rema 1000 shop. During the 1990s the chain expanded in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.[3]
Reitan played keyboard in the music group Four Jets in the 1960s.[3]
2012 book
He and his 2012 book, Hvis jeg var president ("If I was president"), was the subject of an editorial in Klassekampen.[4] The editorial highlighted his idea of him governing Norway without being elected by popular vote.[4] His idea is that he could be appointed by Norway's king. The editorial described these ideas as "undemocratic dirt".[4]
