Westye Høegh
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| Born | 30 December 1942 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo, Wharton School of Business |
| Parents | Leif Høegh |
| Siblings | Ove Dines Høegh |
| Relatives | Leif O. Høegh |
President of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Bilderberg Steering committee | |
Morten Westye Höegh is a Norwegian lawyer who, like his father Leif Høegh was a shipowner, businessman and member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. His nephew Leif O. Høegh is also a Bilderberger.[1] From 1994 to 1995 he was president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.
Background
Westye Höegh is the son of shipowner Leif Høegh Petersen (1896-1974) and Lucy Egeberg (1907-1992). His father was of the family Høegh and his mother of Egeberg family, who descended from the English Westye Egeberg (1770-1830) who settled in Oslo around the year 1800 and became a large lumber trader, a booming industry at the time.
Education
Westye Høegh graduated in law from the University of Oslo 1968 and took an MBA from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 1971.[2]
Career
Since 1974 he was employed by the family shipping company Leif Høegh & Co, which his father had started in 1927. His brother Ove Dines Høegh (born 1936) was head of the company until its collapse in 1982, which led to it moving out of Norway for tax reasons[3] from 1984 to 2003, Westye Høegh was chairman of the board.
In 2014 it became known that he and his brother Ove had transferred the company to their respective sons, namely Morten Westye Hoegh (born 1973) at its London office and Leif Ovesøn Høegh (born 1963).[4]
He was chairman of the board of the accredited registrar and classification society DNV.
Golf
He played World Championship matches in golf for Norway in the 1970s and in 2005 tried to create "Team Norway", a Norwegian professional golf team together with shipowners Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (1937-2020), Ole Jacob Figenbaum (born 1942) and Per Heidenreich (born 1944).[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.tradewindsnews.com/weekly/new-generation-takes-its-seat-at-leif-hoegh/1-1-234597
- ↑ https://snl.no/Westye_H%C3%B8egh
- ↑ Leif Høegh & Co. refinansiert: 700 sjøfolk mister arbeidet i Aftenposten den 16. april 1986.
- ↑ Leif Høegh A/S i A-magasinet den 12. september 2014.
- ↑ Satser millioner på norsk profflag i VG den 3. april 2005.