Bernt Bodal is a Norwegian-American businessman who is most known for being the former CEO of American Seafoods, a well-known seafood company in the United States of America. Bodal is also a partner in Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp and a former musician.
| Life & Career |
He was born in Oslo, Norway, and grew up in a tiny hamlet on the outskirts of the city. He was totally focused on music as a child and was dedicated to pursuing a career as a musician. He was a founding member of the band Host, with whom he recorded three studio albums. He also collaborated with a number of well-known musicians, including Roger Daltrey and Sammy Hagar.
His parents left Norway to work in the fishing sector in the United States, and he elected to do the same. Bernt began his career in the United States as a fisherman for a fish processing firm in Massachusetts.
Bodal moved on after serving for 25 years at the Seafoods Company. As part of his retirement from active engagement in the firm, he stood down as chairman of the company’s Board of Directors.
The American Seafoods Group Consolidated, LLC owns the American Seafoods Company. Mikel Durham is the CEO, Kevin McMenimen is the CFO, Margery Schelling is the Executive Vice President of Marketing, Strategy, and Innovation, Scott McNair is the Executive Vice President of Product & Business Development, and Inge Andreassen is the President of the American Seafoods Company, a subsidiary of the American Seafoods Group.
The corporation is one of the largest seafood enterprises in the United States and a global leader in fish harvesting. American Seafoods Company is based in Seattle, Washington, and owns and operates six large catcher-processor vessels that gather and process fish captured in the waters of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Bodal was featured on the reality television show Undercover Boss, in 2012. He was accompanied by the show while working as a fisherman on a boat.
Mr. Bodal, a famous leader and inventor, was in charge of leading the American Seafoods corporation through a period of massive transformation, which included founding fishing cooperatives in both the Pacific hake and Alaska pollock fisheries in the United States. Cooperatives like this were critical to the company’s remarkable increase in product recovery rates.
| Personal Life & Relationships |
Elizabeth Lynn Vargas and Bernt Bodal have been married for 17 years. The couple had been together for almost two decades. The names of his 3 children are Thomas, Alexandar and Olav. Bernt’s second marriage to Elizabeth Lynn Vargas resulted in no children.
After falling in love, Elizabeth and Bernt decided to start a family in the sun-drenched city of La Quinta, California, only a short drive from Palm Springs. After discovering of Bernt’s infidelity, Elizabeth filed for divorce in April 2017. The divorce proceedings lasted three years and were finally completed in July 2020.
Bernt has not revealed much about the lady he is presently dating, although there is some information on his Facebook page that suggests he is dating Michelle Fox.
| Net Worth |
Mr. Bernt Bodal has a net worth of $200 million. In 2008, he and his wife Elizabeth invested $3.5 million on a home in La Quinta, California. They also possess a $2 million house that they constructed in 2014. They constructed a 10,500-square-foot residence with six bedrooms and nine bathrooms in 2014.