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Robert "Bob" Stouthuysen (born 10 March 1929,

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) is a

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businessman. He is the honorary president of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond and of

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. He lives in

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which is in the

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region of

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Education

In 1953, he earned a

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degree at the

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

(

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). In addition he also graduated with a degree in business management from K.U.Leuven.

Career

He started his career as a researcher at the productivity research group of K.U. Leuven. In September 1957, the Janssen family invited him to work for

. On 1 October 1958, he became the personnel manager of the company, and was involved in widely diverse personnel affairs. When Janssen Pharmaceutica was acquired by

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in 1961, he was appointed to a management position. In 1962 he became the head of the commercial department and in 1963 he became the assistant manager under

Frans Van den Bergh Frans, Baron Van den Bergh (1 May 1914 in Merksplas – 21 October 1990 in Turnhout) was a Belgian businessman, who founded the cigar factory ''Alto'' in Turnhout, Belgium, and who would become one of the leading managers of Janssen Pharmaceutica ...

. In 1965 Stouthuysen was officially appointed director of the company. In 1971 he was appointed as a member of the board of directors and in 1987 he became the director and in 1988 president of Janssen Operations Worldwide. From November 1976 until May 1981, he was the president of the

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. On 1 October 1991 he became the chairman of the board of directors. In 2004 he retired and was succeeded by

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