The Chairman
Thor Magnusson founded the company with several members of his family in 1976. 2004-2008 his nephew Jon Gunnarsson now Member of the Icelandic Parliament was Chairman of the board until Thor rejoined as Chairman to head the Islandus Europe expansion and development of the Islandus.com franchise network.
Thor founded Iceland's first creditcard company Eurocard/Mastercard Iceland 1979. Founder and Chief Executive of Goldfeder Group 1984-1995, pioneers in Europe of interactive information and shopping systems. Private pilot with 2000 hours mostly in command of the Cessna Citation Business Jet. Operated air charter business 1990-95. Founded the Peace 2000 Institute in 1995 now working with alliances in more than 30 countries. Peace 2000 has organized Santa's Christmas flights into war torn areas with gifts, food and medical aid to children in need in cooperation with the United Nations and various NGOs including the Red Cross and Red Cresent societies. Thor was one of four Presidential Candidates in Iceland in 1996. He has written and published a book and numerous newspaper and magazine articles on a new era in international politics and global security. Thor was awarded the Gandhi Humanitarian Award in 1996 and the Holy Gold Cross by the Greek Orthodox Church September 1998 at the nomination of UNESCO.