Viggo Widerøe is remembered in business for decisions whose consequences outlived the decade that made them.
The record lists Viggo Widerøe as Norwegian businessman (1904–2002).
Viggo Widerøe was born at Christiania in 1904. His recorded nationality is Norway.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the corporation became the dominant economic form, along with the antitrust politics that followed it.
He worked as entrepreneur, aircraft pilot and resistance fighter.
What a company leaves behind is usually infrastructure, habit and employment rather than a name.
Recognition followed: Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav.
That the business was built from Norway shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Viggo Widerøe died in 2002, aged 98. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav
