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Gunvor Co-Founder Sells Stake to Employees as Gary Pedersen Named CEO

The move keeps control in-house through employee ownership.

Overview

  • Torbjörn Törnqvist will transfer his entire holding to a group of current employees, leaving the company without external owners.
  • Gunvor appointed Gary Pedersen as chief executive, following his leadership of the North and South America division since 2024.
  • The company did not disclose the financial terms of the ownership transfer.
  • Gunvor said an employee buyout offer was first made in 2022 and that the sale was accelerated to enable a reset and to move past misconceptions about its past.
  • Current Time reports that Gunvor recently abandoned a planned purchase of Lukoil’s overseas assets after the U.S. signaled it would not approve the deal.