Wenaas Lars

Lars Wenaas is the owner of Wenaasgruppen, a hotel property empire with 18 hotels and 7,800 rooms across Europe.

Wenaasgruppen also manages a portfolio of listed stocks and bonds through its financial investment arm.

Wenaas began in the family's workwear business before shifting to hotel real estate investments in the 1990s.

The group has acquired or developed over 58 hotels, including Radisson Blu Plaza in Oslo and hotels in Copenhagen.