Eight people who live in Flevoland or have business ties to the province have been listed in the Quote 500, according to the ranking. Their combined reported wealth exceeds €2.5 billion. Reinout Vader is the richest person linked to Flevoland, with €1.3 billion, placing him 41st after rising from 50th last year. Vader, 77, founded the Almere-based company Victron Energy. Jan Olthuis, whose company Van Wijk & Olthuis is based in Dronten, ranks 237th with €300 million.

The other six are Bob Bulder, ranked 295th with €225 million; Leo Hoogweg, ranked 331st with €220 million; Wolter Koops, ranked 360th with €205 million; Urker brothers Jelle and Henk van Veen, jointly ranked 468th with €155 million; and Jan Bun, ranked 475th with €150 million. Hoogweg’s horticultural company has greenhouses in Marknesse and Luttelgeest, Koops is known for the transport company Wolter Koops in Zeewolde, the Van Veen brothers run the fishing company Dayseaday, and Bun owns Albert Heijn supermarkets in Almere, Emmeloord and Lelystad. Koops’s wealth was unchanged from last year, while the others saw their reported fortunes increase, and Bulder and Koops fell in the ranking compared with the previous year.