Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson

Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson (born in 1968 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is the CEO of Baugur Group.

He graduated from The Commerical College of Iceland in the year 1989. The same year he, along with his father, Jóhannes Jónsson, established the retail chain Bónus, and became its Managing Director. The company grew up to be the largest in the retail sector in Iceland.

He took over as the CEO of Baugur Group hf. in the year 1998 and focused his vision on the retail and fashion industry. He held the position of CEO until he took over as the Chairman of the Board of Baugur Group in May 2002. Mr. Jóhannesson again took over as CEO in November 2002. The company has continued to grow and flourish under the guidance of Mr. Jóhannesson and at the end of the year 2003 no other privately owned Icelandic company had larger operations abroad, in addition to being the largest in Iceland.