Joop van den Ende
$1.27B
as of 10/04/24
About Joop van den Ende
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.
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NetherlandsSource of wealth
TV showsResidence
Baarn, NetherlandsMarital status
MarriedBirth date
02/23/42 (age 82)Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeJoop van den Ende’s fortune is worth
21K
troy ounces of gold
19K
median U.S. household
13K
median U.S. income
0.025%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
United States debt
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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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