Knut Mauritz Frostad (born 4 June 1967 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian yachtsman, who has participated in a broad range of world championship level sailing events, including the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games, the latter in windsurfing.
He is currently CEO of Navico, one of the largest manufacturers of marine electronics for the consumer market.
In total, he has twice participated in the Olympic Games (1988 and 1992)[1][2] and four times the Volvo Ocean Race; twice as skipper.
He is a recognised motivational speaker as well, and used the race catamaran Academy for company team building and leadership training.
In the 2005-06 VOR he was watchplan captain on Southern Ocean legs in the Brazilian Brasil 1.