Background
Josefsen, Turi was born on April 6, 1936. Daughter of Hans and Birgit Josefsen.
Medical supply company executive
Josefsen, Turi was born on April 6, 1936. Daughter of Hans and Birgit Josefsen.
Student, Hammerfest Real School, Norway, 1953.
In the early 1990s she was the highest-paid woman in corporate America and at one time reportedly the world"s highest paid woman Chief Executive Officer. After USSC was taken over by Tyco International she joined the board of WebSurg South America, a pioneering online surgical training programme. Josefsen was born in Hammerfest and has invested considerably in the area, including part-funding a new equestrian centre in 2003. She published a book and commissioned a film about the region.
Josefsen has endowed fellowships and chairs in surgery, including a Chair of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago (International Union of Railways (UIC, French: Union Internationale des Chemins de fer)).
Married Leon C. Hirsch, December 24, 1969.