Niels Peter Louis-Hansen
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Niels Peter Louis-Hansen

Denmark 78 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Medical devices
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Humlebaek
Marital Status
Married
Children
1

Assets

  • Ambu
    37,701,000 shares @ -
    -
    AMBU.B-DK
  • Coloplast A/S
    46,453,000 shares @ -
    -
    COLO.B-DK
  • ViroGates A/S
    2,585,000 shares @ -
    -
    VIRO-DK

Biography

Niels Peter Louis-Hansen is the deputy chairman of Coloplast, a large Danish healthcare company.

The company provides medical devices and services in the fields of colostomy, continence and urology; products include colostomy bags and catheters.

Hansen owns one-fifth of the public company and is its largest shareholder.

His late father, Aage Louis-Hansen, founded the business in 1957 and took it public in 1983.

He also holds a stake in fellow medical care device company Ambu, based right outside of Copenhagen.

About

Louis-Hansen is the largest shareholder in a Danish blood testing company called ViroGates, which had its IPO in 2018.

Louis-Hansen also manages a foundation, named after his late parents, that funds cultural and scientific initiatives, and which owns 11% of Coloplast.