The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Iceland
This page contains a list of the greatest Icelander Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 601 Businesspeople, 2 of which were born in Iceland. This makes Iceland the birth place of the 44th most number of Businesspeople behind Argentina and Luxembourg.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Icelander Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (1967 - )
With an HPI of 36.74, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is the most famous Icelander Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (Icelandic: Jón; born 29 August 1967 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic-Norwegian programmer and businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of Vivaldi Technologies. Before starting the Vivaldi Web browser, he launched a community site called Vivaldi.net. Tetzchner is also a co-founder and the former CEO of Opera Software.
2. Guðmundur Þór Kárason (1974 - )
With an HPI of 10.99, Guðmundur Þór Kárason is the 2nd most famous Icelander Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Guðmundur Þór Kárason (born 14 June 1974) is an Icelandic puppet designer and puppeteer who is best known for his work on LazyTown. Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Kárason is the son of director Kári H. Þórsson and visual artist Jenný E. Guðmundsdóttir. In 1994, he founded Wit Puppets in Iceland, working on commercials, theater and television programs. Guðmundur's involvement in Wit Puppets ranges from character development, construction and performing some of the puppets himself. In 1998, Kárason joined Lazy Shows, performing and consulting on the show as well as designing visuals for the company. Starting in 2004, Kárason was one of the founders of LTS Garðbær Studios (also known as LazyTown Entertainment), puppet performer and voice of Ziggy in LazyTown. In 2010, he was a photographer for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2011, he was the director and producer for the postcards of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as businesspeople born between 1967 and 1974. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living businesspeople include Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Guðmundur Þór Kárason.
