Mærsk McKinney Møller was born on July 13, 1913 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Emma Marie Rasmussen. He died on April 16, 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
One of very few people who are not a member of the royal family to be given the order of the elephant by the queen.
Even after he retired as chairman of the board at the age of 80 he still continued to go to work every day and taking the stairs 6 floors up to his office.