Nikolai Paus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nikolai Paus

Norwegian engineer and businessman

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1944

Place of Birth: Tromsø municipality, Northern Norway, Norway

Profession: businessperson, engineer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Nikolai Paus

  • Nikolai Bent Paus (born 21 October 1944) is a Norwegian businessman and real estate investor.
  • He was CEO of the construction company Eeg-Henriksen (now the Norwegian part of NCC AB), Norway's third largest construction company, from 1984 to 1997.
  • Paus was also a major shareholder in the company until all the shares were bought by its then-largest shareholder NCC.He graduated with a Master of Science degree in engineering from the Purdue University College of Engineering in 1968, and worked in the United States and Australia before joining Eeg-Henriksen in Norway in 1973.
  • He became deputy CEO in 1983 and CEO in 1984.
  • Eeg-Henriksen had major contracts in connection with the construction of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in the 1990s.
  • In 1986 Eeg-Henriksen also established a helicopter company.Nikolai Paus has been a board member of the Norwegian Export Council and of Eckbos Legat.
  • I 1998 he co-founded the real estate company Optimo.
  • The company was sold to Entra in 2010.A member of the Paus family, he is a son of the noted surgeon Bernhard Paus and of the humanitarian Brita Collett, and is a grandson of the surgeon and humanitarian Nikolai Nissen Paus.
  • He is a cohabitant of Hermine Kristin Muhle Midelfart (née Muhle), and is the step-father of the businesswoman Celina Midelfart.

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