Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller

Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller was the son of shipowner A.P. Møller and Chastine Estelle Roberta Mc-Kinney Møller. In 1930, he took the practical exam from Øregård Gymnasium in Hellerup, where he also got to know his later wife Emma Marie Neergaard Rasmussen. From 1 September 1930 to 25 June 1932, he was employed by C.K. Hansens Rederier, after which he was employed by A.P. The Møller Group. From April to September 1934, he served his military service in the then 1st Regiment, and then, from 22 October 1934 to 31 December 1935, returned to his employment at Rederiets, then headquartered at Kongens Nytorv 8. During the period January 1936 to September 1938 he was employed by the shipping company and brokerage firm Hogarth & Sons in London and Glasgow, merchant bank Lazard Brothers & co. in London and the shipping company L. Martin Cie. In Paris. In 1938, Møller was appointed procurator in A.P. Møller, and on 30 October 1939 he was appointed a board member of Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg.

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There has always been great secrecy about exactly how rich the now-deceased shipowner Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was. This is connected, among other things, to the fact that a large part of his fortune is tied up in three funds, which together own 54 per cent. of the shares in A.P. Moller-Maersk.
In 2010, Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin tried to calculate the shipowner's fortune, and the newspaper ended up with 125 billion. DKK
This made him the country's richest person in a special class, with a fortune more than double that of the number two on the list – the Lego family Kirk Kristiansen.
The secrecy surrounding the fortune has also meant that Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller's name has never figured in its rightful place on the prestigious Forbes list of the world's richest. Had the entire fortune been in Mc-Kinney Møller's name, he would have ended up in the top 20, according to Berlingske.