History
BI Norwegian Business School was founded in 1943 by Finn Øien as 'Bedriftøkonomisk Institut' (English: Institute of Managerial Economics), hence the abbreviation BI. The current president is professor Tom Colbjørnsen. Past presidents include Jørgen Randers, co-author of the Club of Rome Report Limits to Growth; Peter Lorange, former president of IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland; Leif Frode Onarheim, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament and current CEO of leading Norwegian fish farming company Marine Harvest.
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