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Even though it was three years ago, Lorry Wagner still shakes his head in amazement over the serendipity of the encounter. It was at a wind energy conference in the Canary Islands where Wagner found himself sitting at a table next to Fred Olsen, the 87-year-old Norwegian billionaire who’s heir to a business empire that includes cruise ships, North Sea oil drilling, and, strangely enough, Timex watches.

Image: Mono Buckets awaiting installation for the Dogger Bank wind farm in the North Sea off Yorkshire, England. (Photo: Universal Foundation)