Thomas Wilhelmsen

Wilhelmsen, one of the world's largest shipping companies with 21,000 employees in 75 countries.

[1][2][3] In 2018 Wilhelmsen announced a joint venture with the Norwegian high tech company Kongsberg Gruppen focused on autonomous vessels.

[4] Thomas Wilhelmsen owns the company with six cousins, an aunt and his two sisters.

[8] According to Dagens Næringsliv the female relatives accused him of presiding over "a negative corporate culture where one person controls everything, weak corporate governance and an outdated ownership structure that deprives the real owners of control.

"[9][10][11][12][13] Thomas Wilhelmsen has disputed that the corporate model is based on male preference, and rejected the offer from the female relatives.