Turi Josefsen

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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Turi Josefsen (born 1926 in Hammerfest, Norway) is a Norwegian-American businesswoman. She was Vice-President of United States Surgical Corporation (USSC) (headed by her ex-husband, Leon C Hirsch), and CEO of the European division, Auto Suture Europe. In the early 1990s she was the highest-paid woman in corporate America[1] and at one time reportedly the world's highest paid woman CEO.[2] After USSC was taken over by Tyco International she joined the board of WebSurg S.A., a pioneering online surgical training programme.

Josefsen was born in Hammerfest and has invested considerably in the area, including part-funding a new equestrian centre in 2003. She published a book and commissioned a film about the region.[3] Ms. Turi Josefsen is the Founder at JHK Investments LLC and is a Member of Executive and Transaction and Finance Committees [4]

Josefsen has endowed fellowships and chairs in surgery, including a Chair of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

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  3. "Schedule Norway's most expensive film" NRK. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. Bloomberg. 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=11293875&privcapId=682209.

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