Joost Ritman
Joost Ruben Ritman (born March 1, 1941 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch entrepreneur and art collector.
Life
Joost Ritman and his brothers inherited their parents' company, Chemische Industrie De Ster, and expanded it into a company that specialized in the manufacture and sale of disposable plastic dishes. He won a number of aviation companies as customers. When the company ran into economic difficulties, it was taken over by the Wallenberg Group in 1988 . Ritman then built up the service company Helios , which later also failed. Both companies later became part of the Gategroup . In 2006 he acquired the Huis met de hoofden cultural monument on the Keizersgracht .
Ritman collects antiquarian books. With his collection of books on hermetics , he and his wife Rachel Ritman founded the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam in 1984 . The German book antiquarian Heribert Tenschert made more than 100 million marks with him between 1984 and 1992 with manuscripts and incunables. The library's collection was repeatedly drawn into its founder's economic problems and was the subject of seizure orders and distress sales.
Ritman received the Laurens Janszoon Costerprijs in 1995 and the Academy Award of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) in 2002 and was awarded the Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion .
Fonts (selection)
- The vision of Jacob Böhme . In: Jacob Böhmes Weg in die Welt: on the history of the manuscript collection, translations and editions by Abraham Willemsz van Beyerland. - Amsterdam: In de Pelikaan. Pimander; 16, 2007, pp. 21-38
- The birth of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in Tübingen . In: Rosenkreuz as a European phenomenon in the 17th century: files and contributions on the occasion of the Wolfenbüttel congress 23-25. November 1994. Amsterdam: In de Pelikaan. Pimander; 7. p. 57
Web links
- Literature by and about Joost Ritman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Joost Ritman in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- A founder's profile: Joost R. Ritman , at The Ritman Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Vermeulen: Joost Ritman: boeken, crisis en schulden , at FTM (Follow the money), April 21, 2011
- ↑ Sven Michaelsen : For me, the hunt is the most beautiful , interview with Heribert Tenschert, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin , December 23, 2016, p. 25
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritman, Joost |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ritman, Joost Ruben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch entrepreneur and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |