Hans Rasmus Astrup (born 1939)

Hans Rasmus Astrup (23 March 1939 – 23 April 2021[1]) was a Norwegian billionaire heir, ship broker, and art collector.

[2][3] His parents were ship owners Nils Ebbessøn Astrup and Hedevig Stang.

He then worked for various company outside Norway, mostly in New York City, in order to achieve qualifications in the fields of finance and shipping.

[4] When his father died in 1972, Astrup took over leadership of the ship broker company Fearnley & Egers Befragtningsforretning AS.

[5] In 1993, he founded the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, Norway.