Alexandra Andresen, Katharina Andresen
Age: 25, 26
Net worth:
$1.5 billion each
Citizenship: Norway
Source of wealth: Investments
The Andresen sisters inherited 42% of their family-owned investment company Ferd in 2007. The sisters’ father, Johan, still runs the company and controls 70% of the votes via a dualclass share structure. Ferd is the Norwegian Andreson’s family investment firm, which owns stakes in several Scandinavian manufacturing, finance, and tech firms. The Andresen family has been a household name in Norway for over 100 years, primarily known for its tobacco brand, which they sold in 2005.