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Frits Goldschmeding
Dutch businessman (1933–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederik Johannes Diederik "Frits" Goldschmeding (2 August 1933 – 26 July 2024) was a Dutch billionaire businessman, founder of Randstad NV, one of the largest staffing companies worldwide.
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Early life
Goldschmeding was born on 2 August 1933 as Frederik Johannes Diederik Goldschmeding.[1][2] He had a doctorate from VU University Amsterdam.[3]
Career
Goldschmeding founded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen (later Randstad) with fellow economics student Ger Daleboudt in 1960, while studying at Amsterdam's Vrije University. The two came up with the idea for the business as they were cycling back from a fraternity party at 2:00 a.m. They established their first office in their dorm room.[4] In 1964, they renamed it Randstad NV.[3] Goldschmeding took Randstad public in 1990, and in 2008, merged it with the Dutch group Vedior. According to Forbes, Goldschmeding had a 35% stake in the company, and a net worth of US$5.8 billion, as of July 2024.[3][5]
He was also a professor at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Nyenrode Business University.[3]
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Personal life and death
Married with three children, Goldschmeding lived in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[3] He died on 26 July 2024, at the age of 90.[6]
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