To own and build durable companies for the long term.
Mission
The mission of Odegard Group is simple to state: own good companies, build them patiently, and hold them for the long term.
The group exists so that its companies can take the long view: investing through cycles, keeping standards when it would be easier to cut them, and compounding quietly over decades rather than performing for a quarter.
Holdings are acquired and built to be kept. The group measures itself in decades.
Each holding is run by its own management, close to its own market, under one shared standard.
Durable businesses, honestly run. A holding that cannot meet the standard does not join the group.
The group conducts its affairs privately, and its companies treat the privacy of their readers, customers, and partners with the same care.