Ole Paus (24 October 1846 in Skien – 20 March 1931 at Bygdøy, Aker) was a Norwegian iron and steel industrialist and chairman of the commercial bank Den norske Creditbank (now DNB ASA).

He lived for several years in Germany and the United Kingdom, until he settled in Bygdøy, Aker.

He founded the iron and steel wholesale company Ole Paus in 1872 and the factory A/S Den norske Hesteskosømfabrik in 1883.

[3][4][5] He was the son of shipowner and banker Christopher Blom Paus and Erasmine Ernst, a native of Denmark.

His first cousin was playwright Henrik Ibsen and his nephew was art collector and papal chamberlain, Count Christopher Tostrup Paus.