{{Infobox company
, name = Pareto AS
, logo = Pareto logo.png
, type =
Private
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, foundation = 1986
, founder =
, location =
Oslo
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,
Norway
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, key_people =
, area_served = Global
, industry =
Financial services
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, services =
, revenue = {{profit
NOK
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Archaeology
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3,276 million (2006)
, operating_income = NOK 2,324 million (2006)
, net_income = NOK 1,098 million (2006)
, num_employees = 283 (2007)
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, subsid =
, homepage www.paretogroup.no , footnotes =
Pareto Group is a Norwegian
holding company
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that owns several financial brokers, including 65.5% of Pareto Securities and the shipbrokerBassøe. In 2008 Pareto started its own bank, Pareto Bank. In 2006 it had 5.1% of the trade on the
Oslo Stock Exchange
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. The company is owned by
Svein Støle
Svein Støle (born April 5, 1963) is a Norwegian businessperson and broker. After growing up in Mandal, he was educated in law and business administration. He worked for a period as a journalist for '' Kapital'' before in 1992 buying a large port ...
(100%).
History
The company was founded in 1986 by Oslobanken, and bought by Svein Støle and some other investors in 1992 for about
NOK
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Archaeology
The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, ...
50 million. During Støles management the company has developed itself to be one of the most important broker houses for the offshore industry. Pareto Securities' Corporate Finance team is number one in the Norwegian market for
IPO
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