Boudewijn Poelmann
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Boudewijn Poelmann is a Dutch
entrepreneur and cofounder of Holland's National Postcode Lottery. In 1983, he helped to start the media company, Novamedia
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Before establishing Novamedia in 1983, he worked with DAF and Oxfam Novib
(Dutch organization for international development aid). At Oxfam Novib he was responsible for fundraising and oversaw its publishing house. In addition, he acquired experience in European TV, telephone and printed media businesses. Until September 1992 he was also the director of Inter Press Service
, Europe.
Mr. Poelmann is one of the founders/owners of Independent Media, which became the second largest publishing house in the Russian Federation. He was the chairman of the board of directors until 2004 when Independent Media was sold to Sanoma Publishing. In 2004 he co-founded City AM, a daily financial newspaper in London. One year later he co-founded the new Dutch publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam. He is currently a member of the board of Feyenoord Rotterdam
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
entrepreneur and cofounder of Holland's National Postcode Lottery. In 1983, he helped to start the media company, Novamedia
Novamedia
Novamedia was started in 1983 by Boudewijn Poelmann and his wife Annemiek Hoogenboom. In 1989, Poelmann joined forces with Simon Jelsma, Frank Leeman en Herman de Jong to establish the Dutch National Postcode Lottery...
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Before establishing Novamedia in 1983, he worked with DAF and Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib is the Dutch affiliate of the international Oxfam organization. It is an association dedicated to establishing a fair world with no poverty in it. The organization is based in The Hague.Oxfam Novib was founded under the name Novib in 1956...
(Dutch organization for international development aid). At Oxfam Novib he was responsible for fundraising and oversaw its publishing house. In addition, he acquired experience in European TV, telephone and printed media businesses. Until September 1992 he was also the director of Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development....
, Europe.
Mr. Poelmann is one of the founders/owners of Independent Media, which became the second largest publishing house in the Russian Federation. He was the chairman of the board of directors until 2004 when Independent Media was sold to Sanoma Publishing. In 2004 he co-founded City AM, a daily financial newspaper in London. One year later he co-founded the new Dutch publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam. He is currently a member of the board of Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
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