Nikolai Bent Paus (born 21 October 1944) is a Norwegian businessman and real estate investor. He was

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of the construction company Eeg-Henriksen (now the Norwegian part of

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), 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. Most recently, Nikolai Paus was exposed as an intermediary of and beneficiary of the Playa Sol S.A. offshore entity incorporated in 1989 exposed in the

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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

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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

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, he is a son of the noted surgeon

Bernhard Paus Bernhard Cathrinus Paus (9 November 1910 – 9 February 1999) was a Norwegian orthopedic surgeon and humanitarian. He participated in humanitarian work during the Winter War in Finland, during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and during the Kor ...

and of the humanitarian Brita Collett,''Norges leger'', 1996, vol. 4, p. 381 and is a grandson of the surgeon and humanitarian

Nikolai Nissen Paus Nikolai Nissen Paus (4 June 1877, in Christiania – 23 December 1956, in Tønsberg) was a Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and humanitarian. He served as President of the Norwegian Red Cross 1945–1947, and as Vice President 1930–1945 an ...

. He is a cohabitant of Hermine Kristin Muhle Midelfart (née Muhle), and is the step-father of the businesswoman

Celina Midelfart Celina Midelfart (born 12 February 1973) is a Norwegian businesswoman. Family A member of the Midelfart family, she is a daughter of the businessman Finn-Erik Midelfart (1943–95) and Hermine Kristin née Muhle (born 1944). She is a patrilineal ...

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