Marcel Boekhoorn

Marcel Boekhoorn (born 30 October 1959, Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch investor with a wide array of business interests. Mr Boekhoorn’s estimated current net worth stands at €1.3 billion ($1.9 billion), making him one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Boekhoorn, a CPA by training, founded his investment vehicle Ramphastos Investments in 1994. Over the course of the ensuing years Boekhoorn successfully acquired and sold numerous companies. Boekhoorn is the investor of the Dutch football club N.E.C. Nijmegen.

Boekhoorn also helps to fund the motor racing career of his son-in-law Giedo van der Garde, who currently races in the GP2 Series.

Track record

Prominent successes to date:

• retail bakery chain nl:Bakker Bart, sold to German de:Kamps AG
• Moti Dupli (spray paints), sold to Intermediate Capital Group
• Novaxess (fixed line telco operator), sold to Easynet PLC/BskyB

Boekhoorn’s major feat was the 300 million EUR acquisition of Dutch mobile operator Telfort (co-owned by the railways) and it’s subsequent sale (nine months later, after a high intensity effort to jack up Telfort’s marketing and sales) to incumbent telco and market leader KPN at a valuation of 1,2 billion EUR.

Business interests

Boekhoorn’s current business interests include:

• Dutch mainstream newspaper De Telegraaf
• German biometrics firm Voicetrust
• Door manufacturer Doorwin
• SIM Industries, producer of flight simulators
• zecco.com, online broker
• McGregor Fashion Group
• De Pers, Dutch free newspaper
• Openlot, mobile lotteries
• Spyker Cars, Dutch hand-built automobile manufacturer
• N.E.C. Nijmegen, Dutch football club

Furthermore Boekhoorn serves on the supervisory board of German listed company aap Implantate AG (biomedical implants), owns a zoo (Ouwehands Dierenpark) and produced a film (nl:Zoop in Afrika).

Amongst Boekhoorn's advisers are nl:Cees van der Hoeven, former CEO of supermarket chain Ahold and Wilco Jiskoot, former executive board member of ABN AMRO Bank.

External links

• acquisition Voicetrust (I), 2007
• acquisition Voicetrust (II), 2007
• Zecco
• Interview with Marcel Boekhoorn, 2008

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