Gulf fields and major deals

Swedish-born Kjell Engstrom came to Romania to do business, settled here and his main ambition is to build the first gulf field in Bucharest ever. He feels that the people here will be the first to be interested in this sport, because gulf fields are the place to strike major deals everywhere in the world.

“This is the only physical sport you can talk business while practising it. Just try to sell something when you’re playing tennis, football, swimming or boxing!”

Kjell Engstrom is a character whose roots are hard to trace. At first sight, you would think he is a genuine Texan. Actually he was born and raised in Sweden, and kept within European boundaries during the first 29 years of his life. He was born in 1956 in Malmo.

His mother was a tailor and his father an electrician and both his parents were dreaming of an electrical engineering career for their son. Therefore, young Kjell followed his parents’ wish and went to study engineering in college.

One of the greatest hobbies of the young man at the time was dancing. “I had to choose between being a student supported by his parents and getting paid to dance with beautiful women. I think the way I took broke my parents’ heart. They wanted me to be an engineering major.” However, the Swede does not feel sorry for how he chose to live his life, and has fond recollections of that period of time.

Another passion of those years was riding. “For more than a year, they paid me to do what I loved: dancing – I was a dancing instructor, and riding – I was also a riding instructor.

But all things must come to an end, though.” Kjell moved on to being a little bit of a cab driver, bodyguard, sales agent, sales manager for various business magazines and advertising agencies, business consultant for sports and cultural events. He even had his own advertising agency at one time, but stability does not become him.