Portrait of Martin Moller Nielsen

Rank #2943

Martin Moller Nielsen

Net worth $1.3B

Aircraft leasing · Denmark

Born
Aug 01, 1964
Age
61
Source
Aircraft leasing
Residence
Lugano
Citizenship
Denmark
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Martin Moller Nielsen is a Danish aviation entrepreneur who founded aircraft leasing firm Nordic Aviation Capital in 1990.
  • A quarter of a century later, he sold a 66% stake in it to private equity firms EQT and Krikbi in a deal that valued the firm at $3.3 billion.
  • He later brought on Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC as an investor and, in 2022, sold the last of his shares in NAC.
  • Moller Nielsen now runs Axiom Group, his private family office that invests in areas such as renewable energy and real estate.
  • Moller Nielsen, a certified pilot by the age of 18, reportedly bought a beaten up aircraft at 21, renovated it, and sold it for a large profit.
  • NAC initially leased aircraft for humanitarian aid organizations looking to fly into remote areas.