Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Odd Gleditsch, Sr. (2 October 1894 17 January 1990) was a Norwegian business entrepreneur. The founder of the paint company Jotun, he began as a paint distributor but then turned to manufacturing the paint himself. He was CEO of the company from 1926 to 1967. He was born in Sandefjord as a son of whaler Einar S. Gleditsch (1862 1913) and Maren Olea Kverne (1862 1933). He was a second cousin of Rolf, Ellen, Kristian and Henry Gleditsch, and a first cousin once removed of Kristen Gran Gleditsch and Jens Gran Gleditsch. In 1921 he married merchant''s daughters Fanny Vibetoe (1900 1973). His son Odd Gleditsch, Jr. took over the company leadership in Jotun, retiring as CEO in 1979.