Ole Rasmus Møgster
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Ole Rasmus Møgster (10 July 1958 – 23 February 2010) was a Norwegian businessperson. Together with his brother
Helge Møgster Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name. The name is derived from Proto-Norse ''Hailaga'' with its original meaning being ''dedicated to the gods''. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga ...
he built up the companies
Austevoll Seafood Austevoll Seafood ASA is a major Norwegian seafood company. Austevoll Seafood trades publicly on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company is a majority owner of Norwegian seafood company Lerøy. The company is a majority owner of Peruvian seafood ...
(which Ole Rasmus controlled, as a major owner and chairman of the board) and
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(which Helge controlled). In 2008 the brothers were two of the three billionaires who were active in the Norwegian fishing industry. The third billionaire was
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. The Møgster brothers cooperated with Røkke off the
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coast between 1987 and 1994. Møgster was also chairman of Lerøy Seafood Group, but backed out in late 2009 because of illness. Møgster lived and worked out of
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near
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. He died in February 2010.


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1958 births 2010 deaths People from Austevoll Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-business-bio-stub