Portrait of Wenaas Lars

Rank #2070

Wenaas Lars

Net worth $2.0B

hotels · Norway

Born
Apr 19, 1951
Age
75
Source
hotels
Residence
Rauma
Citizenship
Norway
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • 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.