Benedikt Stefansson

CRI hf. captures carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and converts carbon dioxide into renewable methanol. It produces renewable methanol from carbon dioxide, hydrogen and electricity for energy storage, fuel applications and enhancement. The firm serves the following industries: bio diesel production, chemicals, gasoline blending, and wastewater treatment industries. Its services include project partnership, feasibility to investment, project execution, and lifetime operation services. The company was founded by Oddur Ingólfsson, Arthur Shulenberger, Fridrik Jonsson, and K-C Tran in 2006 and is headquartered in Kopavogur, Iceland.

deCODE genetics, Inc. is a bio-pharmaceutical company. It developing and marketing products to improve the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of common diseases. deCODE applies its capabilities in chemistry and structural biology to the development of drugs in major therapeutic areas, and applies its discoveries in human genetics to bring to market DNA-based reference laboratory tests and consumer genome analysis services to assess individual risk of common diseases. The company was founded by Kari Stefansson and Jeffrey Gulcher in August 1996 and is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.