Joop van den Ende
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- TV shows
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Residence
- Baarn
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
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.
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 2021, van den Ende sold his 50% stake in the venture capital firm he created in 2006 to its two other cofounders.
About
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.