Joop van den Ende
$1.3B
Born
Feb 23, 1942
Age
83
Source of Wealth
TV shows
Residence
Baarn,
Citizenship
Netherlands
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
- Joop van den Ende is a Dutch entertainment mogul and theatrical producer who founded Amsterdam-based Stage Entertainment in 1998.
- Advance Publications acquired Stage in 2018 for a reported price of about $1.1 billion (975 million euros). Prior to the sale, Van den Ende owned 40%.
- Van den Ende was Stage's sole owner until 2015, when CVC Capital Partners reportedly bought a 60% stake for $550 million.
- Stage's original productions have included Rocky, Sister Act and Ice Age Live.
- In April 2021, van den Ende sold his 50% stake in the venture capital firm he created in 2006 to its two other cofounders.
- Van den Ende partnered with John de Mol, also a billionaire, to create reality TV production company Endemol in 1994.
- The duo scored big with worldwide hit Big Brother before selling Endemol to Spanish telecom company Telefonica in 2000 for $5.3 billion.
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