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Place of Birth: Harstad, Northern Norway, Norway
About Knut Frostad
- Knut Mauritz Frostad (born 4 June 1967 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian yachtsman, who has participated in a broad range of world championship level sailing events, including the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games, the latter in windsurfing.
- He is currently CEO of Navico, one of the largest manufacturers of marine electronics for the consumer market.
- Formerly he was the CEO of Volvo Ocean Race.
- In total, he has twice participated in the Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and four times the Volvo Ocean Race; twice as skipper. In 2004, he won the Scandinavian Nokia Oops Cup and, in 2005, he finished second. He has a business background in management, director and advisor positions with international companies.
- He is a recognised motivational speaker as well, and used the race catamaran Academy for company team building and leadership training.
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