Arie van Os (born 1937) is a Dutch businessman and

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Career

Arie van Os made his fortune as partner of the company

Van der Moolen Van der Moolen was a Dutch equity trading firm, with its headquarters located in Amsterdam. They were mainly active in the United States and in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Van de ...

. In the eighties he was the director and chairman of the

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, together with his then flamboyant partner Hans Kroon. In 1989 he became the financial director of

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where his reputation grew. He then spent three days in jail due to a tight policy on alleged tax malpractice on behalf of the club with the transfers of

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and

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. His position at the club was then succeeded by Ajax banker Hein Blocks.

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