Stein Erik Hagen

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  • Company
    Orkla
  • Title
    Chair
  • Company headquarters
    Norway
  • Revenues ($M)
    $6,420

Hagen realized he was gay when he was at a “quite, well-grown” age after having been married to a woman. He made his fortune on the RIMI budget supermarket, which he founded with his father in 1977 and in 2004 he was elected to the board of the industrial investment company Orkla.