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About Petter Anker Stordalen:
Petter A. Stordalen (46), owner and CEO of Home Invest Group and Choice Hotels Scandinavia, with soon 170 hotels, 9,200 employees and 20 new hotels under construction. Home Invest is one of the leading private investment companies in the Nordic region. The core business is service performance, particularly in the fields of hotel operation, property and capital management. Stordalen’s estimated personal wealth is USD 1.8 Bn (according to Kapital, no 1 Norwegian financial magazine).
Growing up in a merchant family in a small town, Petter A. Stordalen has become one the most successful and well-known entrepreneurs in Scandinavia. In Norway he has fulfilled the American Dream by combining his unique business talents, visionary leadership and extended social and environmental engagements.
Stordalen has revitalized the hotel industry within the Nordic countries. He has created an award winning and much admired company culture anchored in the core values Energy, Courage and Enthusiasm. He has turned his compassion for the environment into business opportunities, promoting organic foods, renewable energy and corporate social responsibility through his investments and public voice.
Stordalens fiancée, Gunhild Melhus (30), medical graduate, is currently finishing her PhD on osteoporosis at the University of Oslo. Melhus shares Stordalen’s social and environmental initiatives.
Business Biography
- CEO and owner of Home invest Group and Choice Hotel Scandinavia, co-owner of PASAB AB
- Chairman of the board of Choice Hotels Scandinavia and Home Properties AB
- Major upcoming projects: Farris Bad Spa & Resort 2009, Arlanda Airport Hotel (2012) and Solna National Arena (2012), Stockholm
- Cooperation with Marcus Samuelsson on Aquavit Grill & Raw Bar in Stockholm
- Grand Travel Awards for Best Scandinavian Hotel Chain and Best Work Place 2007 and 2008
- European Hotel Design Award 2008 for Stenungsbaden Yacht Club
- Reader’s Digest – European Trusted Brands votes Selma SPA Sweden’s most trusted brand 2008
- Microsoft Business Solutions gives Choice “Customer Excellence Award 2008” based on their pioneering development
- Petter A. Stordalen winner of Scandinavian Businessman of the Year 2004
