John Cordier (

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, 1 September 1941- Bonheiden, 22 January 2002) was a

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businessman. He founded

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in 1969, a modem and network component company. In October 1999 he succeeded

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as President of the board of directors of

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. John Cordier was also very active in supporting sports, he served as President of the Belgian football club K.V. Mechelen for eleven years from 1982 to 1993. Under his management and thanks to his financial support the club became an important player in Belgian soccer during that period, and beat

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in the

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final in 1988.

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20th-century Belgian businesspeople 1942 births 2002 deaths People from West Flanders K.V. Mechelen Belgian sports executives and administrators {{Belgium-business-bio-stub