Bård Eker | |
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Born | 10 October 1961 Fredrikstad, Norway |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Education | Master of Industrial Design |
Occupation | Industrial designer and businessman |
Bård Eker (born 3 October 1961) is a Norwegian industrial designer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and managing director of the Eker Group, with its wholly or partly owned subsidiaries Eker Design (wholly owned), Projectiondesign AS was a successful company Eker sold in year 2009 to Herkules Capital AS. Hydrolift boats is still (wholly owned). Via the company Eker Group the Norwegian controls a major part of the Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg
Eker gained publicity in June 2009 for his involvement in the failed purchase of Saab Automobile from General Motors together with Koenigsegg.