Meet Rudy Nielsen
The successful founder and president of B.C.'s NIHO
Group of Companies likens business to survival in the wilderness.
The person who stays calm, stops to think, and has clear goals
will live to see another day BY LISA GORDON
I
n Rudy Nielsen's office, a big fish swims in
an aquarium filled with smaller fish. It's a
visual reminder for the successful 77-year-
old real estate entrepreneur to always be the
big fish whenever he goes into a new venture.
Today, there's no doubt that mantra has
served him well. Nielsen is the founder and
president of the NIHO Group of Companies
("NIHO" is a contraction of Nielsen Holdings),
which includes three distinct divisions:
• NIHO Land & Cattle Company, founded
in 1972, specializes in rural, recreational and
investment property sales and subdivision
development.
• Nielsen founded LandQuest Realty Corp.
in 1996, and brought on a partner to sell
recreational properties such as ranches, fishing
resorts, ski hills, lakeside cabins and farms—
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When you have a
problem, the key is to sit
down, relax and think. That's
exactly what you do if you
ever get lost in nature."
