Private company
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Danish enterprise foundation
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is a Danish enterprise foundation established in 1989. It supports research and other activities primarily in health, sustainability, and life sciences.2 It employed 295 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was DKK 343 billion in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- Industryfoundation1
- HeadquartersHellerup, Denmark1
- Websitewww.novonordiskfonden.dk
- Legal formerhvervsdrivende fond1
- Kind of organizationFoundation1
- LEI529900UTAHSVRYZL03803
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressTuborg Havnevej 19, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark3
- Registered withDanish Business Authority, 105829893
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The Novo Nordisk Foundation is a Danish enterprise foundation established in 1989. It supports research and other activities primarily in health, sustainability, and life sciences.2
Corporate structure
Novo Nordisk Foundation sits at the top of its group. 32 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Hellerup, Denmark
- Novo Holdings 100% · Hellerup, Denmark
- Catalent Pharma Solutions Subsidiary · Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
- Dades Subsidiary · Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- NNIT Subsidiary · København S, Denmark
- Novo Ventures Subsidiary · Hellerup, Denmark
- NH AIFM P/S Subsidiary · Hellerup, Denmark
- NH PE FII SCSp Fund · Hellerup, Denmark
- NH PE FIII SCSp Fund · Hellerup, Denmark
- NH GP PE FII S.a r.l. (NH GP PE FII S.à r.l.) Subsidiary · Howald, Luxembourg
- NH GP PE FIII S.a r.l. (NH GP PE FIII S.à r.l.) Subsidiary · Howald, Luxembourg
- Xellia København S, Denmark
- Novo Stake · 28.1% · Bagsværd, Denmark
- NNE A/S Virum, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk (Algeria) Subsidiary · Hydra, Algeria
- Novo Nordisk (Germany) Subsidiary · Mainz, Germany
- Novo Nordisk (United States) Subsidiary · Seattle, United States
- Novo Nordisk s.r.o. Subsidiary · Prague, Czech Republic
- Novo Nordisk (Switzerland) Subsidiary · Switzerland
- NOVO NORDISK FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V. Subsidiary · Bagsvaerd, Denmark
- NOVO NORDISK HEALTH CARE AG Subsidiary · Zurich, Switzerland
- NOVO NORDISK REGION EUROPE A/S Subsidiary · Bagsværd, Denmark
- NOVO NORDISK SERVICE CENTRE (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
- Novonesis Stake · 23.87% · Bagsvaerd, Denmark
- Novozymes (Canada) Subsidiary · Ottawa, Canada
- Novozymes (United States) Subsidiary · Franklinton, United States
- CHR. HANSEN A/S Subsidiary · Hørsholm, Denmark
- Novozymes Japan Ltd. (Japan) Subsidiary · Japan
- Precisionbiotics Group Limited Subsidiary · Cork, Ireland
- NEW XELLIA GROUP A/S Subsidiary · København S, Denmark
- NH GP PE FI S.a r.l. (NH GP PE FI S.à r.l.) Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- NH PE FI SCSp Fund · Hellerup, Denmark
- Novo Holdings 100% · Hellerup, Denmark
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Novo Nordisk Foundation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- Novo Holdings 100%
- Novo 28.1%
- Novonesis 23.9%
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Leadership
Who has led Novo Nordisk Foundation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- ChairLars Rebien Sørensen Jun 27, 2018 to now1
Board members and other officers (6)
- Board memberLiselotte Højgaard Mar 2018 to now1
- Board memberSten Scheibye 2013 to 20181
- Board memberKarsten Dybvad May 6, 2011 to Mar 16, 20171
- Board memberLars Munch1
- Board memberLars Rebien Sørensen1
- Board memberSteen Riisgaard1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
Also owns
Also consolidated
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Employees over time
- 20252951
Revenue over time
As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.
Revenue
- 2024342.8B DKK1
Timeline
- Jan 12, 1989Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.novonordiskfonden.dk1
- WikipediaNovo Nordisk Foundation
- WikidataQ22723716
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1
- 2WikipediaNovo Nordisk Foundation on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4
- 5GLEIFXellia: LEI record
- 6