Danish shipping magnate Arnold Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller died today at aged 98.  He was Denmark’s richest man who created the country’s largest enterprise, the shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S.  The conglomerate is the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world, with subsidiaries and offices in more than 135 countries worldwide and around 108,000 employees.  Mc-Kinney Moeller built the shipping company into a corporation with annual sales last year of $60 billion — equivalent to almost 20 percent of Denmark’s gross domestic product.  Mc-Kinney Moeller stepped down as board chairman in 2003, at the age of 90.

Mc-Kinney Moeller, Denmark’s Richest Man, Dies at 98

Thanks to Phil Leon for passing along the news.