John de Mol
$1.79B
as of 07/05/24
About John de Mol
Dutch entertainment mogul John de Mol is one of the biggest names in reality TV.
With Joop van den Ende, he founded Endemol, the company responsible for international hits "Deal or No Deal," "Fear Factor" and "Big Brother."
De Mol sold Endemol for $5.3 billion to Spanish telecom giant Telefonica in 2000.
In 2015, he sold most of his Talpa Media, creator of hit shows like "The Voice," to British ITV for an initial cash payment of $545 million.
Personal stats
Citizenship
NetherlandsSource of wealth
TV programsResidence
Blaricum, NetherlandsMarital status
SingleBirth date
03/24/55 (age 69)Number of children
1Self-made
self-madeJohn de Mol’s fortune is worth
30K
troy ounces of gold
27K
median U.S. household
18K
median U.S. income
0.036%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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Did you know?
John de Mol's sister, Linda de Mol, is an actress and the host of the Dutch version of "Deal or No Deal".
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