While the Met Gala red carpet is filled with some of the world’s most famous faces, a lesser-known face caught the attention of fashion watchers on Monday.
Joining the likes of Kim Kardashian, Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney was Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who appeared to come dressed as a salmon. An appropriate look for the 31-year-old billionaire heir to a Norwegian fish farming fortune.
With her elegant appearance, the Elle Norge cover star turned heads in the pink Versace jumpsuit, which came complete with a cape and toga half skirt.
He then added a jeweled headband to Adonis’ look, looking more like a Greek god than a Norwegian billionaire.
The look quickly gained attention online, with fans hailing it as the new standard of men’s dressing.
Joining the likes of Kim Kardashian, Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney was Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who appeared to come dressed as a salmon. An appropriate look for the 31-year-old billionaire heir to a Norwegian fish farming fortune
With her elegant appearance, the Elle Norge cover star turned heads in the pink Versace jumpsuit, which came complete with a cape and toga half skirt.
“I don’t know who this man is, all I know is he’s now the standard for all men, if you’re not dressed like this don’t even come near me #MetGala,” wrote one fashion fan.
“His jeweled abs are killing me,” said one.
‘I need more men to dress like this please and thank you,’ another commented.
JG Ballard’s Garden of Time was the dress code for this year’s event, themed Sleeping Beauty: Fashion Awakening.
Inside the museum, visitors viewed the display of garments too fragile to be worn again.
The millennial heartthrob, famous in his native Norway, enjoys a life of luxury and a generous net worth estimated at £3.8 billion.
But he insists he is just “a normal guy” and is “very happy and grateful to have grown up without money.”
In 2022, Forbes named him the world’s youngest male billionaire in 2018 after his father, Gustav Witzoe Sr., gifted almost half of the Salmar ASA fishing farm to his son in 2013.
He then added a jeweled headband to Adonis’ look, looking more like a Greek god than a Norwegian billionaire.
The look quickly gained attention online, with fans hailing it as the new standard of men’s dressing.
The model grew up on Frøya, a small island off the northwest coast of Norway, with his mother Oddny working as a carer, while in 1991, Gustav Sr. founded his company, which would later become one of the largest salmon producers in the world. world.
speaking to The TelegraphGustav Junior, who lives alone in the city of Trondheim, highlighted how happy and “grateful” he is to have enjoyed a simple, moneyless childhood.
But the heir isn’t shy about sharing glimpses of his lavish lifestyle on Instagram, from first-class trips to the Cannes Film Festival to vacations on Lake Como and coastal drives in his father’s vintage Aston Martin.
‘Maybe it would have been different if I had grown up with money, but since we didn’t have it when I was a kid, I’m very happy about that. It was just a normal, down-to-earth family, and I think those are values that I’ll carry with me,” he told the publication.
The heir, who describes himself as an investor, a model and a philanthropist, said he is a “normal guy, who likes football, likes to exercise, who goes out to party from time to time, “He likes going out with friends.”
Despite his life of luxury, Gustav still visits his parents every week and still sees his childhood friends on the small island of Frøya, where he grew up.
Gustav’s father founded Salmar ASA in 1991 with 11 employees and a few boats, and profits soared when the company went public in 2007.
It is now the second largest producer of Atlantic salmon in the world and harvested 198,200 tonnes of fish last year alone.
When he turned 18, Gustav Sr. made his son the company’s main shareholder for inheritance tax reasons, but the model still considers Salmar to be her father’s company and is not involved in the day-to-day operations.
The Norwegian heir likes to delight his Instagram followers with snaps from his vacations, like this trip to Lake Como earlier this summer.
The model grew up on Frøya, a small island off the northwest coast of Norway, with his mother Oddny working as a carer, while in 1991, Gustav Sr. founded his company, which would later become one of the largest salmon producers in the world. world.
Gustav likes old cars and likes to ride along the coast with his father’s Aston Martin.
He has no plans to take over the family business anytime soon and said he has other things going on right now.
But it hasn’t always been glitz and glamor for the rich heir, who had to learn first-hand about the family business.
After high school, Gustav revealed that he skipped college and instead went to work on salmon farms for two years to learn the trade.
While she said she loved the physical work of farms, these days her Instagram feed is filled with snaps from vacations in Italy, France, Dubai and more, mixed in with Vogue Scandinavia photo shoots and photos from other modeling jobs.
A friend encouraged him to start modeling and he is currently signed to Idol Looks and Next Models Worldwide, and he says the work is fun and helps him come out of his shell.
While documenting his luxurious lifestyle on Instagram, Gustav said he is happy to have had a modest childhood away from the spotlight.
While she said she loved the physical work of farms, these days her Instagram feed is filled with snaps from vacations in Italy, France, Dubai and more, mixed in with Vogue Scandinavia photo shoots and photos from other modeling jobs.
He said that while he doesn’t hide who he is, few of the people he has worked with on fashion photo shoots recognize him.
As for work, in addition to posing for cameras, Gustav likes to invest in startups through his company Wiski Capital and apparently values his parents’ advice more than his actual advisors.
He also runs a charitable foundation, Initiative W, a philanthropic foundation he created last year that focuses on children’s health and education.
The non-profit organization’s first project is to provide access to clean water and sanitation facilities to more than 4,000 children in Uganda.
During his free time, Gustav said he works out nine times a week and has left his partying days behind.
He said he prefers healthy free time with his loved ones to dancing all night in clubs, and he doesn’t go out much anymore.
Gustav used to be a party boy, but now he prefers quality free time with his family and friends.
This is a far cry from his late teenage years, where he served two weeks in prison at age 19 after driving 180 kilometers per hour in a 60 kilometer per hour zone.
Speaking about his father’s company in 2018, at the age of 25, Gustav already demonstrated that he did not feel entitled to the family fortune.
Speaking to Norwegian newspaper Dagblade, he explained: ‘You can’t just demand to be the head of such a large organisation. You have to adapt to it. If there are alternatives, the best man or woman should get the job. There is a lot at stake: values, jobs, crucial factors.”
Instead, it has invested in startups including Norwegian Snapchat challenger Gobiand and Airbnb hosting service Keybutler.
According Business InsiderGustav’s father previously referred to the “long discussions” his family had about putting his son, then 19, in charge of his actions.
Witzøe, who still runs the company, reportedly said: “There are advantages and disadvantages.” It can affect you in many ways, good and bad. It could affect relationships with friends.
Along with photos from his luxury travels, Gustav also shared his luxurious means of transportation, including a Porsche, a private plane and a boat, and photos of his dog.
Gustav previously told Dagbladet about his fortune: ‘They (my parents) think they should have taken more time to think about it. That’s probably because I was pushed into the public spotlight. At first it was very strange. It makes you a little nervous about what people think.