Stig Roar Myrseth is a Norwegian financial expert who won the stock picking contest "Børsspeilet" in the magazine Økonomisk Rapport

Økonomisk Rapport

Økonomisk Rapport is a monthly business magazine published in Norwegian. Owned by Ad Fontes Medier, it has a circulation of 18,500 and is published in Oslo. The magazine was founded in 1975. It also publishes an online newspaper.Ivar Hippe was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine from 1999-2002....

for eight years in a row from 2003 to 2010. On New Year's Eve 2010/2011 Finansavisen

Finansavisen

Finansavisen is a Norwegian business newspaper with six weekly issues and published in Oslo by Hegnar Media. It had a circulation of 23,274 in 2006. It was established in 1992 by Trygve Hegnar, who is also Editor-in-Chief....

, a leading Norwegian financial newspaper, declared Stig Myrseth as Norway's best stock picker in a front page story.

Early years

Stig R. Myrseth was born in Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

, Norway. In 1991 he won a silver medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad

International Chemistry Olympiad

The International Chemistry Olympiad is an annual academic competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads....

 in Lodz

Lódz

Łódź is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 742,387 in December 2009. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately south-west of Warsaw...

. After finishing secondary school in Harstad in 1991 with the best exam results of all students that year, he started studying chemistry at the University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø

The University of Tromsø is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway...

. However in March 1992 he left University and started working as a financial analyst trainee.

Related companies

During his 19 years in the financial sector he started several companies in the financial sector. He established the full service investment banking firm Orion Securities in Norway in 1999, worked for Terra Markets

Terra Markets

Terra Markets AS is an Norwegian investment banking firm in the Terra Group. Terra Markets employs 75 professionals in brokerage, equity research, market making and corporate finance. The equity research team consists of 15 analysts who cover approximately 150 listed companies in Norway...

 and recently established Dovre Forvaltning (Lithuania, 2011).

External links

• http://www.orapp.no/investor/borsspeilet/2011/borsspeilet_1_2011/article115184.zrm
• http://foreninger.uio.no/kjemiolympiaden/bilder/1991/lagbildet1991.jpg
• http://www.orion.lt/
• http://www.dovreforvaltning.no/