Ben Woldring
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Berendt Pieter Woldring (born February 6, 1985 in Groningen ) is a Dutch internet entrepreneur in the field of price comparison portals .
Both parents were primary school teachers. In 1998 a school project resulted in a price comparison site for mobile phone tariffs. Woldring was soon a guest on Dutch TV talk shows such as Kassa and Jeugdjournal . In 2000 he founded Bencom BV with the help and signature of his mother ; there are now nine price comparison portals and his parents are the first of a total of 22 employees in his native Usquert (municipality of Eemsmond ) and in Groningen.
In 2003 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year ( Ernst & Young Prize ). He is now the ambassador of the Beatrix Children's Clinic in Groningen, named after the queen .
After graduating from high school, Ben Woldring first studied economics and since 2005 art history at the University of Groningen .
Web links
- Homepage of the company Bencom.nl (Dutch / English)
- Kurzbiografie on the side of the magazine Business Week (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ CV (with photo) on the company's website (Dutch) (PDF; 32 kB), accessed on January 21, 2011
- ↑ Nadine Bös, The Dutch Dream , in: FAZ of January 22, 2011, C 3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woldring, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woldring, Berendt Pieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch internet entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groningen |