Olav Thon

For the German footballer, see Olaf Thon.

Olav Thon
Thon in 2013
Born(1923-06-29)29 June 1923
Ål, Buskerud, Norway
Died16 November 2024(2024-11-16) (aged 101)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationReal estate developer
TitleChairman of Olav Thon Gruppen
Spouses
  • Inger-Johanne Thon
    ​
    (died 2018)​
    [a]
  • Sissel Berdal Haga
    ​
    (m. 2019)​

Olav Thon (29 June 1923 – 16 November 2024) was a Norwegian real estate developer. His Olav Thon Group is Norway's largest private real estate company, with 450 properties, including 60 hotels.[1][2] Thon began his career by selling animal fur shortly before World War II in Oslo,[3] and he opened his first restaurant in 1966.[1]


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  1. ^ a b "#198 Olav Thon". The World's Billionnaires. Forbes. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Tobacco heir emerges as Norway's wealthiest", Aftenposten, 19 October 2006.
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