Per-Erik Burud

Per-Erik Burud (15 October 1962 – 13 July 2011) was a Norwegian billionaire and head of the grocery chain Kiwi. He joined Kiwi in 1991, and by 2007 he was Norway's 134th richest man with a fortune of NOK 1.1 billion.

Early life As a five-year-old, Burud worked in his father's shop in Drammen, sorting bottles and wrapping clementines. He later went to business school, and was also an active gymnast.

Kiwi Burud bought a share post in Kiwi in 1991, when the chain had eight stores. During Burud's time in charge of the grocery chain it has expanded, and by 2008 had almost quadrupled the number of employees and stores, and increased revenues six-fold. In 2007 the chain had 413 stores. The police declared on the evening of 13 July that they assumed Burud was dead. After several days of intensive search, on 21 July the body of a man was found in the area where Burud went missing. The next day the man was identified as Burud.