Frits Goldschmeding (born 2 August 1933) is a Dutch billionaire businessman, founder of
Randstad Holding
Randstad NV, commonly known as Randstad and stylized as randstad, is a Dutch multinational human resource consulting firm headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1960 by Frits Goldschmeding and operates in a ...
, the world's largest staffing company. The Netherlands-based company had revenue of 23.7 billion euros ($26.5 billion) in 2019.
Early life
Goldschmeding was born on 2 August 1933. He has a doctorate from
VU University Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...
.
Career
He founded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen (later Randstad) with fellow economics student Ger Daleboudt in 1960, while studying at Amsterdam's Vrije University. The two came up with the idea for the business as they were cycling back from a fraternity party at 2:00 a.m. They established their first office in their dorm room. In 1964, they renamed it
Randstad
The Randstad (; "Rim" or "Edge" City) is a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the central-western Netherlands, consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht); their suburbs, and many tow ...
.
[ Goldschmeding took Randstad public in 1990, and in 2008, merged it with the Dutch group Vedior. According to '']Forbes
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'', Goldschmeding has a 35% stake in the company, and a net worth of $4.2 billion, as of October 2019.Nyenrode Business University
Nyenrode Business Universiteit (abbreviated as ''NBU''; nl, Nyenrode Business Universiteit) is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town ...
.[
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Personal life
Married with three children, Goldschmeding lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[
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See also
* List of Dutch by net worth
References
Randstad NV people
1933 births
Living people
Dutch billionaires
Dutch company founders
Nyenrode Business University faculty
Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
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