Torry Pedersen is CEO/Editor in Chief of Verdens Gang AS, Norway’s most read news-site/newspaper.

He started his career as a journalist in Fredrikstad Blad 1981, and has more than 30 years of experience in journalism and publishing.Pedersen has been Managing Editor in VG, Editor in Chief/Publisher in VG Mulitmedia AS, CEO of Verdens Gang AS and from 2011 both CEO and Editor in Chief of Verdens Gang AS. He is currently a member of the board in Schibsted ASA.

Pedersen is 57 years old and was educated at the Norwegian School of Management (former Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt), Oslo 1979 and he holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration. He has been awarded the "Chief Editor of the Year Award" in Norway, and during his time as Editor in Chief and CEO, Verdens Gangs has won several prices.

VGs news-sites on desktop, mobile, tablet and traditional paper, has coverage of nearly 2, 4 million daily readers, and VGs is among the most profitable news organisations in Europe.