Ramiro helmeyer biography of william
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kwong Wai Hon (known by family). Also known by many people as “Frank” the owner of Frank’s Place Watersports.
Originally from Hong Kong, he met the love of his life here in Aruba and got married. Frank was always a hardworking man and became a great entrepreneur in the watersports business in Aruba. He was the first to private charter boats for snorkeling, jetski’s rental, tube rides, parasailing and even banana boats in the family business. For more than 30 years, he and his family ran the business endeavor professionally. Frank loved to socialize with locals and tourists as he formed many long lasting friendships. Friends that became family would always come back looking for him.
Frank is known as a humble and caring person to many and loving father to his children and to his niece and nephew, and especially a loving husband to his wife for more than 40 years.
Let us always remember him in our hearts as a man that you will ever know as one in a million.
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Thor Halvorssen (businessman)
Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Halvorssen and the second or maternal family name is Hellum.
For Halvorssen's son, see Thor Halvorssen (human rights activist).
Thor Halvorssen Hellum | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 16, 1943 Venezuela |
| Died | July 20, 2014(2014-07-20) (aged 71) Miami, Florida, US |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, ambassador, and special commissioner on drugs |
Thor Halvorssen Hellum (Spanish:[ˈtoɾ(x)alˈβoɾsen], May 16, 1943 – July 20, 2014) was a Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman who was CEO and President of the Venezuelan state-owned telephone company CANTV, and later was "special commissioner for international narcotic affairs" in the administration of PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez, holding the rank of Ambassador. While investigating links to money laundering and drug trafficking, he was detained after a terrorist attack, and was later cleared of any involvement. Halvorssen's case was taken up by Amnesty International and other international human rights organizations. After his release, Halvorssen moved with his family to Miami, where he lived until his death.
Early life and education
Halvorssen, of Norwegian descent, is one of the four sons of a Norwegian businessman, Øystein Halvorssen. His father became the president of GMAC (now Ally Financial) in Venezuela before he began his own business operations, and also was the Norwegian Crown's consul-general in Caracas from 1938. According to the journalist Gaeton Fonzi, who wrote an investigative story about Halvorssen's life, he led the "jet-setting life style" of a "happy-go-lucky" son of a wealthy businessman. With his twin brother Olaf, he befriended Jerry Wolman, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, with the three becoming partners in real estate transactions and night club .