Background
Since 2000 he has been the company"s chief executive officer, taking over after his father, Jacob Stolt-Nielsen.
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Since 2000 he has been the company"s chief executive officer, taking over after his father, Jacob Stolt-Nielsen.
Hofstra University.
Since 1996 he has served as director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited (SNL), a company with principal operations in parcel tankers, bulk-liquid storage, tank containers and aquaculture. Stolt-Nielsen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Finance from Hofstra University in 1990. He joined Stolt-Nielsen Limited in 1990 beginning as a shipbroker in Greenwich, Connecticut and then as a round-voyage manager.
In 1994 he opened and organized the company"s representative office in Shanghai, China.
In 2000 it was announced that he would replace his father as Chief Executive Officer of the company, after his father had served in the same position for 41 years. He has been known as a more conservative Chief Executive Officer than his father was.
He served as interim chief executive officer of Stolt Offshore South America from September 2002 until March 2003. He held the position of chief executive officer of Stolt Sea Farm from 1996 until September 2001.
In 2001 Niels Stolt-Nielsen notified Norwegian authorities that he was living abroad having his residence in London and stopped paying taxes in Norway.
The tax authorities contested this in 2001, however Stolt-Nielsen"s assertion was accepted for the 2002 - 2004 tax years due to a clerical error. In 2005 the error was discovered and the authorities claimed Stolt-Nielsen owed taxes from 2001 to 2004, and for 2005, as well. The tax authorities were subsequently sued by Stolt-Nielsen and in a November 2007 it was ruled that Stolt-Nielsen had a permanent residence at Frogner in Oslo.
Director of Stolt Offshore South America (until 2005)
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Stolt Offshore South.A (September 2002 – March 2003)
Chief Executive Officer, Stolt Sea Farm (1996 – September 2001).