The ninth richest billionaire of the VK, the Norwegian shipping marts John Fredriksen, said: “Great Britain went to hell” and has moved his company from London in the last worrying sign of the enormous exodus of wealth from the capital.
The 81-year-old, who owns one of London's most prestigious private homes in Chelsea, would now spend most of his time running his empire of the United Arab Emirates.
The oil tangeror, whose wealth was estimated at about £ 13.7 Billon in this year's Rich List of this year, is the latter in a series of rich inhabitants of London who leave the UK or at least to loosen their ties-because of the non-Domal tax regime of the non-domestic regime of the non-domestic regime and their desille regime and their desk region.
He made his pronounced criticism during the NOR shipping event in Oslo earlier this month.
Asked by the Norwegian title E24 About his feelings for the UK, Fredriksen said: “It is starting to remind me more and more of Norway. Great Britain has gone to hell, such as Norway.”
The billionaire, who became a Cypriot citizen almost 20 years ago, added: “I try to avoid Norway as much as possible.”
The comments came after he appeared that he closed the London headquarters of Seatanker's Management, one of his private shipping companies, based on Sloane Square.
Fredriksen, the son of an Oslo -Lasser, left Norway in 1978 and bought its degree II -granted Riverside Chelsea Mansion for £ 37 million in 2001 from rival Theodore Angelopoulos of the Greek Tankgroep Metrostar/Metrofin.
The building is now worth no less than £ 250 million, making it one of the most valuable private homes in Britain. In 2004, former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich reportedly offered £ 100 million for the house, but was rejected.
The house includes ten bedrooms and a huge ballroom, as well as a swimming pool and a tennis court.
The old parsonage was once the home of the rector of the Chelsea Parish Church and dates from 1725. The remote two hectares are among the largest of every private house in London.
Former rectors include George Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wellington and Charles Kingsley SR, father of Charles Kingsley, author of De Water Babies. It is not thought that it is currently on the market.
Wellington would have planned the Battle of Waterloo on his lawns.
In the interview, Fredriksen, generally known as JF in the shipping industry, added: “The entire Western world is on the road.”
“People have to get up and work even more and go to the office instead of a home office.”
