Wim van der Leegte
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Netherlands
manufacturing
$1,200,000,000
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#1717 Billionaires 2019
Wim van der Leegte ran VDL Groep, one of Europe's largest privately held auto and bus manufacturers, for 50 years before retiring in November 2016.When he retired, his son Willem took over as president. Wim's other two children, Pieter and Jennifer, serve on the executive board. Van der Leegte owns a majority of the company; his children own the rest. His late father, Pieter van der Leegte, founded the company in 1953.
Van der Leegte started working at the firm when he was just 19 years old while studying at a technical college; within three months he was running the company.Van der Leegte owns a stud farm where he breeds and trains top show-jumping horses.
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