Kåre Lerum (original) (raw)

Kåre Norvald Lerum (born 4 December 1939) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was born in Vik and took an education in Stavanger. He was hired as manager in 1976, and was later the chief executive officer, in Lerum in Sogndal, a family company he owned together with his brother Bjarne Lerum. He is also a brother of Gerd Kjellaug Berge. Lerum was succeeded as chief executive officer by in 2004. The brothers passed the ownership of the company down to their children in 2005. As of 2010, Lerum remained a member of the board of directors of Lerum. Lerum is still one of the wealthiest people in Sogndal.