F rederik Paulsen Jr. is a Swedish pharmaceutical tycoon and the chairman of Ferring Pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by his father, Frederik Paulsen Sr., in 1950. Paulsen Jr. took over the family business in the 1980s and has transformed it from a small regional company into a major global biopharmaceutical player.

Ferring specializes in developing treatments based on natural, pituitary-gland-produced hormones, with a strong focus on reproductive medicine, urology, and gastroenterology. Paulsen has guided the company's global expansion and its commitment to research and development. In addition to his business career, he is a renowned polar explorer and adventurer, having been one of the first people to visit all eight of the Earth's poles. He is also a major philanthropist, particularly in the areas of polar research and his family's native North Frisian culture.