Paul Busti (8 October 1749 – 23 July 1824) was the Agent General (chief operating officer) of the Holland Land Company from 1799 until his death in 1824.

As administrator of the Holland Land Company, Busti was responsible for the economic, political, and social development of large areas of central and western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.

[1] Busti grew up in Milan and received a "liberal education" during the Italian Enlightenment led by Cesare Beccaria, Paolo Frisi and Roger Boscovich and the culture of Il Caffè.

Busti approved the establishment by Joseph Ellicott of the Holland Land Company Office in Batavia, New York,[4][5] In 1802 Harm Jan Huidekoper transferred to Philadelphia to become his assistant.

Elisabeth's older sister, Martha May, was married to Isaak ten Cate, one of the Holland Land Company investors.