Bernard van Zuiden
Bernard van Zuiden (born July 15, 1899 in Enschede , † 1979 in Hong Kong ) was a Dutch multimillionaire and textile entrepreneur .
Life
He attended the School for Industry and Commerce in Enschede. From 1912 to 1916 he studied at the higher textile school in Enschede and received a diploma in textile technology .
From 1919 he was sent to Makassar in the Dutch East Indies as a textile merchant . From 1926 to 1939 he wrote for the Surabaja Handelsblad . From 1932 to 1939 he was on the board of directors of the Makassar Journal . From 1930 to 1939 he worked as a manager for LE Tels & Co's Trading Society Ltd. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, he fled to Shanghai in 1940 , where he founded the B. van Zuiden company. From 1941 to 1945 he was interned by the Japanese, including in the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center in Shanghai.
In 1947 he also founded a company in Amsterdam . In the same year it was renamed B. van Zuiden Brothers . In 1948 he became a department director. In 1953 it became a stock corporation. In 1952 he founded B. van Zuiden Bros. Ltd. in Singapore . Branch offices in Tokyo , Osaka and Hong Kong followed . His business imported textiles from Europe and America to Asia.
He was a member of the Hong Kong Music Society and the Japan Society in Hong Kong and the Netherlands Club and Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo.
In 1983, his nephew founded the Bernard van Zuiden Music Fund with a net worth of $ 1 million . He wanted young musical talents from Hong Kong to study abroad. The fund awards the lavish Bernard Van Zuiden Music Prize .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rola Luzzatto: Hong Kong who's who . GPO, Hong Kong 1970, p. 472.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zuiden, Bernard van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch multimillionaire and textile entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Enschede , the Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1979 |
| Place of death | Hong Kong |