Marcel Boekhoorn

Marcel Boekhoorn ( born October 30, 1959 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch billionaire investor.

Work

Boekhoorns valued net assets amounted to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, which makes it one of the richest entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Boekhoorn, a former auditor, the investment firm Ramphastos Investments founded in 1994. During the following years, he has successfully acquire businesses and may sell again.

Outstanding Sales:

• Bart Bakker ( Dutch bakery retail chain ) to the German Kamps AG
• Moti Dupli ( spray paint ) at Intermediate Capital Group
• Novaxess ( fixed telephony operators) at Easynet PLC / BSkyB

Boekhoorns biggest hit the 300 -million-euro acquisition of Dutch mobile operator Telfort and the subsequent sale was nine months later, after Telforts marketing and sales had been built with great efforts to the incumbent telecommunications operator and market leader KPN to a value of 1.2 billion. EUR.

Boekhoorns current transactions include:

• The high-circulation Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
• The German biometrics company Voice Trust
• The door manufacturer Doorwin
• The developer of flight simulators SIM Industries
• The online broker zecco.com
• The fashion group McGregor
• Dutch free newspaper De Pers
• The mobile lottery Openlot

In addition Boekhoorn sits on the board of the German listed company aap Implants AG ( biomedical implants ), owns a Zoo ( Tierpark Ouwehands ) and produced the film Zoop in Africa.

Among the consultants Boekhoorns include Cees van der Hoeven, former CEO of the supermarket chain Ahold and Wilco Jiskoot, former Chief Executive of ABN AMRO Bank.