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Jean-Louis van der Velde, who is from Arnhem, was reported to have an estimated wealth of €26 billion through his alleged 15% stake in the company behind the cryptocurrency Tether. The account did not provide further details about Tether.
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Crypto entrepreneur Jean-Louis van der Velde entered the latest Quote 500 at number one, with his wealth estimated at €26 billion. The 62-year-old displaced Charlène de Carvalho-Heineken, who had led the list for years; reports put his estimated wealth at about twice hers. His Dutch nationality was confirmed after uncertainty over whether he was still Dutch, making him eligible for the ranking. The combined wealth of the 500 people on the list rose by more than 10% to more than €300 billion, a record level. A single report also identified AI developer Pim de Witte as the list’s youngest billionaire, following the growth of his company General Intuition.
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Crypto entrepreneur Jean-Louis van der Velde has surpassed Heineken heiress Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken as the richest Dutch person, according to the latest edition of the Quote 500. De Carvalho-Heineken had held the top position for 14 years. The list counts 56 billionaires in the Netherlands, four more than a year earlier.
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Jean-Louis van der Velde, who was born in Arnhem, has topped the new Quote 500 ranking of the 500 richest Dutch people, with an estimated fortune of €26 billion. Pim de Witte, a 31-year-old technology entrepreneur from Nijmegen, entered the list with an estimated €1.1 billion and was described as its youngest billionaire.
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Preliminary figures from Statistics Netherlands showed that 547,000 Dutch households had assets of at least €1 million on 1 January 2025, an increase of 81,000 from a year earlier. Some reports instead put the total at more than 574,000, while reporting the same increase. Rising house prices were cited as the main reason, as home values are included in household assets.