Background
He was born in Oslo as the son of Øivind Lorentzen (1881–1980) and Ragna Nilsen (1885–1976).
He was born in Oslo as the son of Øivind Lorentzen (1881–1980) and Ragna Nilsen (1885–1976).
He founded Aracruz Celulose in 1968. He worked for the Norwegian Independent Company 1, a British military unit, during World World War World War II Lorentzen formerly owned 28% of Aracruz Celulose, which he sold for approximately 1.7 billion United States dollar in July 2008. National honours Saint Foreign honours.
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences]
He is a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates.