Petter Stordalen

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Petter Anker Stordalen (born 29 November 1962) is a Norwegian investor and hotel "tycoon".

Following a successful start in business as the owner of the Steen & Strøm shopping center chain, Stordalen is the new big name in the Scandinavian hotel world. In 2004, as CEO of Choice Hotels Scandinavia - in which he owns 45 percent - Stordalen revitalized hotel accommodation for travelers, reinstating basic core values such as design, consideration and individualism.

[edit] Environmental activism

In 2002 Stordalen made headline news by joining a demonstration against the controversial nuclear waste plant in Sellafield.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Real estate magnate joins Sellafield fight - Aftenposten.no