Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson

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Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, born November 19, 1970, is an Icelandic business manager working in international finance, and as of 2003 the CEO of Kaupthing Bank.

He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1994 with a degree in business administration. Later the same year he joined the Asset Management Division of Kaupthing (later to become Kaupthing Bank after merger with Búnaðarbanki Íslands).

Sigurðsson was appointed Deputy CEO of Kaupthing in 1998. He served as Managing Director of Kaupthing New York since it was founded in March, 2000 until late 2001. He was appointed CEO of Kaupthing Bank in the beginning of 2003.

Sigurðsson paid the highest taxes for the year 2006 of all residents in Iceland, over 400 million krónur. Assuming that almost all of that was paid at the 10% rate of Capital gains tax, Sigurðsson's 2006 income was on the order of 3-4 billion krónur (approx. 40-50 million EUR).