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{{short description|Norwegian businessperson (born 1952)}}
'''Berge Gerdt Larsen''' (born 16 November 1952) is a [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] businessperson.
Larsen graduated from [[Newcastle University|University of Newcastle]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[chemical engineering]] and from [[University of Texas at Austin]] with a [[Master of Business Administration]].<ref name=dno>{{cite web |url=http://www.dno.no/About-DNO/Directors/Berge-G-Larsen/ |title=DNO ASA - Berge G. Larsen |accessdate=2008-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329020711/http://www.dno.no/About-DNO/Directors/Berge-G-Larsen/ |archivedate=2008-03-29 }}</ref>
From 1989 to 1995 he was managing director of [[Odfjell Drilling]]. He was [[chief executive officer]] of [[DNO International|DNO ASA]] from 1996 to 2002, and has served as the executive chairman of their board of directors since 2002. He has also served as chairman of the [[Norwegian Rig Owners' Association]] and [[Bergen Shipowners' Association]].<ref name=dno/>
Larsen has a taxable net worth of about [[United States dollar|US$]]158 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skattelister.aftenposten.no/skattelister/soek.htm?firstMiddleName=berge&lastName=larsen&countyId=&srchMode=smpl&taxYear=2007&x=0&y=0%7ctitle=Forsiden%7cwork=aftenposten.no|title=Forsiden|work=aftenposten.no}}</ref>
==Tax affairs==
Larsen was investigated by Norwegian authorities over an alleged multi-million [[Norwegian krone|kroner]] [[tax evasion]], but he was acquitted by theGulating Court of Appeals on 31. August 2016. The Judgment is final. He is expected to file very substantial claims for compensation after being wrongly investigated for more than 10 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://headlinesnewsonline.blogspot.no/2016/08/berge-g-larsen-acquitted-bergensavisen.html/ |title=Berge G. Larsen acquitted – BergensAvisen |work=headlinesnewsonline.blogspot.no |date= |accessdate=2016-09-23 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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