John de Mol
Johannes Hendrikus Hubert (John) de Mol (born April 24, 1955 in The Hague ) is a Dutch television producer .
Life
His father is the pop singer John de Mol Sr., his mother was employed by the radio, his sister is the show host Linda de Mol . As a child and teenager, he wanted to become a professional footballer. From 1976 to 1980 he was married to Willeke Alberti . In 1979 their son Johnny de Mol was born, who became known in the Netherlands as an actor, disc jockey and entrepreneur.
Career
In 1973 de Mol finished secondary school and started working as a radio presenter and DJ at Radio Noordzee. He then worked for the state television broadcaster TROS for five years. In 1979 he founded his first television production company.
1994 was created from the merger with Joop van den Ende , the Endemol Entertainment, which in 1996 went to the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. In the spring of 2000, de Mol and van den Ende sold Endemol at the height of the stock market boom for around 5.5 billion euros to the Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica . De Mol remained Chief Creative Director for another five years.
In 2005 he founded the new television channel Talpa .
In mid-May 2007, de Mol bought back the production company Endemol for 2.63 billion euros. Together with Berlusconi's Mediaset group and the US bank Goldman Sachs, de Mol took over 75 percent of the Endemol shares, which were most recently in the hands of the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica.
In addition, John de Mol has made various investments, including a. in the Dutch car manufacturer Spyker .
With an estimated net worth of $ 2 billion, he is one of the 1000 richest people in the world according to Forbes Magazine . (As of 2010).
Quotes
“John de Mol was always a role model for me. [...] Great guy."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ forbes.com: Forbes Magazine - John de Mol , October 3, 2010.
- ↑ SZ Magazin No. 45, November 7, 2014, p. 90.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mol, John de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mol, Johannes Hendrikus Hubert de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch television producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Hague , Netherlands |