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The Sunday Times Rich List 2008
8. John Fredriksen
£4,650 million - ShippingAlong with being the richest man from Norway, Fredriksen is the world's largest tanker owner thanks to his fleet of 70 vessels.
His real break came in the Iran-Iraq conflict in the 1980s when his tankers risked the war to pick up oil resulting in huge profits.
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