Økonomisk Ugebrev has recently published its annual list of Denmark's 100 richest. 13 new billionaires have found their way into the top 100, and seven of them have built their fortunes on energy. Most notably, the owners of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have all appeared on the list. The highest at no. 59 is Torsten Lodberg Smed (3.1 billion), shortly after Jacob Baruel Poulsen (2.9 billion DKK), Christian T. Skakkebæk (2.9 billion DKK), Christina G. Sørensen (2.5 billion DKK) and Rune Bro Róin (2.1 billion DKK) have found their way to the list.
The reason they have all made it to the list at once is because the value of CIP has become more concrete after Vestas bought 25 percent of the company for a price of 500 million euros, equivalent to just over 3.7 billion DKK, writes Finans.
The people behind CIP became known as the "Goldfowls" when they received very high salaries at Dong (now Ørsted, ed.) that the then CEO of Dong Anders Eldrup had not informed the board of directors about. The case led to the firing of both Eldrup and the "goldfowls". The "goldfowls" subsequently created CIP, which invests in renewable energy, mainly offshore wind, the same as they invested in for Dong.
The other new billionaires on the list, who have a background in energy, are the Buchhave family, who come in 55th place with a fortune of 3.4 billion. DKK. The family is behind the company Bigadan, which produces biogas plants. In addition, co-founder of European Energy Michael Dystrup also comes on the list at exactly number 99 with a fortune of 1.8 billion. kr.
The entire list of Äkonomisk Ugebrev can be found here.
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