The humble billionaire is an old man at 94

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Seeing this modestly (almost poorly) dressed old man on the streets of the capital of Norway, you may even want to give him money. You will never guess that this is the richest man in this country.

Olav Thon is a billionaire. And although he only has 6 billion (in terms of US dollars), there is no one richer in Norway. But not only wealth and modesty in clothing, behavior, even nutrition distinguishes this person. He is already 94 years old, and he still works ten to twelve hours a day, leaving himself only one day off a week.

Olaf Thun is proud that he made all his fortune honestly and still multiplies it in the same way. He himself grew up on a farm and did not even receive a higher education (war prevented). So he started his business selling fox fur. Then he turned to the hotel business, became interested in commerce - and so at first he became a millionaire, and then grew to a multimillionaire. True, I had to work a lot, but Olav Thon never shied away from work.

In addition, he was never a spender, that is, for him making money is a fascinating process, and the riches themselves were of little interest to him. And he was always interested in helping others, creating hundreds and then thousands of new jobs with his capital.

Since Olaf Thun has no children, as well as other heirs of his wealth, he invested all the capital in the OTG Foundation, which supports science. Once he himself wanted to become a physician, study medicine, but … not destiny. Now Olaf understands that he had a different task in life: even if he learned, he would hardly become a good doctor, but building new hospitals, medical research centers and so on is just for him. He advises young people to be aspiring and never do their own business for the sake of money and wealth. Big money never makes anyone happy, and more often than not it doesn't even go into the hands of those who love them too much …