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GC Rieber

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GC Rieber AS
Company typePrivate
Founded1879
FounderGottlieb Christian Rieber[1]
HeadquartersBergen, Norway
Area served
Global
Key people
Jan Roger Bjerkestrand (CEO)
ProductsSalt
Emergency foods
Omega-3 concentrates
Shipping
Real Estate
Corporate venture
Number of employees
800
Websitewww.gcrieber.no

GC Rieber is a private company that operates within the fields of real estate, shipping, food processing and industry. The company is based in Bergen, Norway. Operations are performed by the subsidiaries GC Rieber Shipping AS, GC Rieber Skinn AS, GC Rieber Salt AS, GC Rieber Oils, GC Rieber Compact AS and GC Rieber Eiendom AS.

The company's CEO, Jan Roger Bjerkestrand, has a strong formal background with a Bachelor of Management and a Master's degree in Energy Management from BI Norwegian Business School, as well as completing the Authorized Financial Analyst Program (AFA). He previously held leadership positions at Nord Pool ASA, Hafslund ASA, and Aker ASA, and led Aker Clean Carbon AS before joining GC Rieber VivoMega AS as Managing Director in 2012. On June 1, 2023, Jan Roger Bjerkestrand officially stepped into the role of CEO at GC Rieber AS, bringing a wealth of experience and strategic vision to the company.

The company was founded in 1879 by Gottlieb Christian Rieber. Gottlieb's brother, Fritz Carl Rieber, ran another company at the time, Rieber & Søn, which their father, Paul Gottlieb Rieber, had founded in 1839.[1] On 13 January 2003, GC Rieber owned 0.75% of Rieber & Søn's shares.[2]

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