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| − | |description=Norwegian Olympic champion. When attending [[Bilderberg/2006|2006 Bilderberg conference]] he led a Canadian NGO.
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| − | '''Johann Olav Koss''' is a former speed skater from [[Norway]]. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country, making him a national icon.
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| − | He led a Canadian NGO when he attended the [[Bilderberg/2006|2006 Bilderberg conference]]. He was selected a [[WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1996|Global Leader for Tomorrow]] in 1996 [[WEF/Young Global Leaders 2006|Young Global Leader]] in 2006 (the continuation program) by the [[World Economic Forum]].
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| − | ==Later Career==
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| − | After his speed skating career, Koss trained as a [[physician]] at the [[University of Queensland]] in Australia.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110610205508/http://www.uq.edu.au/olympic-studies/docs/UQOlympians_1992.pdf</ref> He became a [[UNICEF]] ambassador and a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (until 2002). He married [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessperson and politician [[Belinda Stronach]] on 31 December 1999, but they divorced in 2003.
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| − | In 2000, Koss founded the Canadian-based International Humanitarian Organisation, [[Right To Play]], which uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. The organization operates in more than 20 countries reaching over one million children each week and is supported by more than 620 staff worldwide and over 14,900 volunteer Coaches<ref name=":0">https://web.archive.org/web/20160810072820/http://www.righttoplay.com/moreinfo/aboutus/Pages/People.aspx</ref>, with a total support from various donors of over 600 million dollars.<ref name=TV2>https://www.tv2.no/a/13988111/</ref>
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| − | After resigning from the charity in 2015, he received executive pay for four years afterwards, receiving almost half a million dollars. At the same time, he earned several hundred thousand dollars from other board positions and became director of a [[hedge fund]]. Norway has contributed more than NOK 500 million from the development assistance budget to the organization.<ref name=TV2/>
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| − | In October 2017, Koss was hired for a new job as a department director in a Canadian hedge fund, the investment company [[Waratah Capital Advisors]].<ref name=TV2/>
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| − | He married his second wife, Jennifer Lee, in New York on 23 May 2009. Lee's friend [[Chelsea Clinton]] was one of the bridesmaids.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090527090014/http://www.kjendis.no/2009/05/23/kjendis/utenriks/johan_olav_koss/chelsea_clinton/6369187/</ref> Lee is a [[Harvard College]], [[University of Oxford]], and [[Harvard Business School]] graduate, and a former cellist who studied at [[The Juilliard School]]. She is the granddaughter of [[Kim Chung Yul]],<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/09/obituaries/kim-chung-yul-75-south-korean-premier.html</ref> the former Prime Minister of South Korea and Chief of the [[Korean Armed Forces]] during the [[Korean War]]. She is the Co-Founder of a retail business called [[BRIKA]] which sells products from under-the-radar artisans and makers.<ref>http://www.brika.com/</ref> She is a former management consultant and most recently a private equity investment professional at [[Ontario Teachers' Private Capital]] in [[Toronto]].
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| − | In 2019 he moved back to Norway after 20 years in [[Canada]].<ref name=TV2/>
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| − | Koss completed his Executive MBA at the [[Joseph L. Rotman School of Management]] in the [[University of Toronto]] in [[Canada]]. He has Honorary Doctorates from several universities - [[Brock University]], [[University of Calgary]], [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]]s, and the [[University of Agder]] in Norway.<ref name=":0" /> On 1 July 2015, Koss was made an honorary Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16133</ref>
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