John de Mol
$2.25B
$9.4M (-0.4%)
as of 08/13/26
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 71)Number of children
1Self-made
self-madeJohn de Mol’s fortune is worth
37K
troy ounces of gold
35K
median U.S. household
22K
median U.S. income
0.045%
U.S. credit card volume
0.009%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Endemol is the world's largest independent producer, with more than 800 productions in 76 territories airing on 295 channels around the world.
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