{{For|his grandfather, the surgeon and humanitarian|Nikolai Nissen Paus}} '''Nikolai Bent Paus''' (born 21 October 1944) is a Norwegian businessman and real estate investor. He was [[chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[construction]] company Eeg-Henriksen (now the Norwegian part of [[NCC AB]]), Norway's third largest construction company, from 1984 to 1997.<ref>"NCC-kjøp gir ny boligbygger," ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'', 9 October 1995 p. 4</ref><ref>"Eeg-Henriksen på vei over Kjølen," ''[[Aftenposten]]'', 19 September 1995 p. 34</ref> Paus was also a major shareholder in the company until all the shares were bought by its then-largest shareholder NCC.<ref>"NCC vil kjøpe Eeg-Henriksen," ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'', 19 September 1995 p. 29</ref> 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 [[Panama Papers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://panama.data2www.com/e/10045816|title = PLAYA SOL S.A. - offshore entity of Norway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/11003691|title=NIKOLAI PAUS | ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database}}</ref>
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.<ref>Per Helge Pedersen (1997). "Nikolai Paus: En fantastisk tid." In ''[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011081708000 Fra Monolitten til Gardermoen: Eegen 75 år, 1922–1997]''. Oslo: BA forlag. {{ISBN|8291414157}}.</ref>
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 Eiendom|Entra]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.nenyheter.no/33483 Entra sluker hele Optimo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813210853/http://www.nenyheter.no/33483 |date=2016-08-13 }}, nenyheter</ref>
A member of the [[Paus family]], he is a son of the noted surgeon [[Bernhard Paus]] and of the humanitarian [[Brita Collett Paus|Brita Collett]],<ref>''Norges leger'', 1996, vol. 4, p. 381</ref> and is a grandson of the surgeon and humanitarian [[Nikolai Nissen Paus]]. He is a cohabitant of Hermine Kristin Muhle [[Midelfart family|Midelfart]] (née Muhle), and is the step-father of the businesswoman [[Celina Midelfart]].
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