Arne Wilhelmsen (15 June 192911 April 2020) was a Norwegian

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businessman, the co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises. Wilhelmsen was born in June 1929, and earned a bachelor's degree from

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. When he died, his net worth was estimated at US$1.5 billion. Wilhelmsen was married, with three children and lived in

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, Norway. He died on 11 April 2020, in

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, Spain. He was 90.

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