# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thor-halvorssen-hellum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:09.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thor-halvorssen-hellum"
name: "Thor Halvorssen Hellum"
slug: "thor-halvorssen-hellum"
description: "Thor Halvorssen Hellum was a Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman who was CEO and President of the Venezuelan state-owned telephone company CANTV, and later was \"special commissioner for international narcotic affairs\" in the administration of President Carlos Andrés Pérez, holding the rank of Ambassador. While investigating links to money laundering and drug trafficking, he was detained after a terrorist attack, and was later cleared of any involvement. Halvorssen's case was taken up by Amnesty International and other international human rights organizations. After his release, Halvorssen moved with his family to Miami, where he lived until his death."
tagline: "Venezuelan businessman (1943-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thor_Halvorssen_Hellum.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1943-05-16"
deathDate: "2014-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.83
  momentum:             7.541899441340783
  historical:           2.211304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Halvorssen_(businessman)"
    title: "Thor Halvorssen (businessman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Halvorssen"
    title: "Thor Halvorssen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7796061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations