Jan des Bouvrie is a furniture designer, who also designs the furnishings in hotels.

Career

After he finished high school, he went to the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

 at the age of sixteen. He later started his own interior design shop, and hosted the TV show TV Woonmagazine. He designed the rooms in the Floris Suite Hotel to "Dutch colonial style with Caribbean temperament". In March 2010, he was allegedly arrested in connection with real estate development

Real estate development

Real estate development, or Property Development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of improved land or parcels to others...

 tax fraud accusations, as the Dutch press had reported.

Personal life

His wife is ex-model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

/stylist

Wardrobe stylist

A wardrobe stylist is the job title of someone who selects the clothing for published editorial features, print or television advertising campaigns, music videos, concert performances, and any public appearances made by celebrities, models or other public figures...

Monique des Bouvrie, with whom he has two children - Bo des Bouvrie and Jan Jr. des Bouvrie.