Nils Foss (11 May 1928 – 16 May 2018) was a Danish civil engineer and business executive.
His paternal grandfather, Alexander Foss, had been a co-owner and central figure in FLSmidth from 1887.
Foss attended Gentofte Statsskole and graduated as a civil engineer from the Technical University of Denmark in 1952.
[1] After his graduation, Foss was initially employed at Torben Søderberg in Denmark as Sales engineer.
Thereafter he went to the United States where he worked for Tracerlab Inc in Boston and Donner Scientific Co. in California.