Thor Bjorgolfsson

Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist who became Iceland's first billionaire. By his 40th birthday, he had assets of around $4 billion. Among them was investment in Iceland's oldest bank, Landsbanki. However, during the 2008 financial meltdown, Landsbanki crashed, taking Bjorgolfsson with it. He lost nearly everything, yet amazingly, by 2014 he had made good his losses, repaid his...