Johannes Malvin Georgsson Eide, usually spelled Johs G. Eide is a Norwegian businessman, entrepreneur and shipbuilder.
Background
Johannes Eide was born in Hоylandsbygd in 1937, as the second of six children. His father, Georg Eide Senior (1896-1951), was a shipbuilder, and ran a shipping plant not far from their home and Johannes inherited many of his father"s boat building skills. In 1951, when Eide was two weeks shy of 14 years old, his father died suddenly, and so he left home to work to support his family.
Career
He is one of the founding owners, and former Chief Executive Officer of Eide Marine Services. Eide ran this company until 1982, when he stepped down to take over the head position in Eide Contracting, one of the company"s subsidiaries. The following year, Georg Eide"s Sønner was declared bankrupt, following a series of economic problems.
During the 1970s and 1980s, he also ran a number of other companies, most of whom were subsidiaries of Eide Marine Services.
He however continues to have an active role in the company, and still has his main office at the same location where he founded his first company more than fifty years ago.