Marcel Boekhoorn
Marcel Boekhoorn (born October 30, 1959 in Nijmegen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch billionaire and investor .
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Boekhoorn's estimated net worth is $ 1.5 billion, making him one of the richest entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Boekhoorn, a former chartered accountant , founded the investment firm Ramphastos Investments in 1994. Over the following years he has successfully acquired and sold companies.
Outstanding Sales:
- Bakker Bart (Dutch bakery retail chain) to the German Kamps AG
- Moti Dupli (spray paints) to Intermediate Capital Group
- Novaxess (fixed telephone line operator) to Easynet PLC / BSkyB
Boekhoorn's greatest success was the EUR 300 million takeover of the Dutch mobile operator Telfort and the subsequent sale nine months later, after Telfort's marketing and sales had been built with great efforts, to the established telecommunications operator and market leader KPN for a price of 1, EUR 2 billion.
Boekhoorn's ongoing business includes:
- the high-circulation Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
- the German biometrics company Voicetrust
- the door manufacturer Doorwin
- the developer of flight simulators SIM Industries
- the online broker zecco.com
- the fashion group McGregor
- the Dutch free newspaper De Pers
- the mobile lottery Openlot
- a minority stake in the German real estate company IMW Immobilien SE (formerly Magix AG), which was listed until September 30, 2015, whose shares were subjected to a delisting procedure on October 1, 2015 .
Boekhoorn is also a member of the supervisory board of the German listed company aap Implantate AG (biomedical implants), owns a zoo (Ouwehands Tierpark) and produced the film Zoop in Africa .
Boekhoorn's advisors include Cees van der Hoeven, former CEO of the Ahold supermarket chain and Wilco Jiskoot, former director of ABN AMRO Bank.
Web links
- Takeover of Voicetrust (I), 2007
- Takeover of Voicetrust (II), 2007
- Zecco
- Interview with Marcel Boekhoorn, 2008 (PDF file; 2.68 MB)
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SURNAME | Boekhoorn, Marcel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch billionaire and investor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijmegen |