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Letterbox Companies: How the Dutch Tax Treaty Network Became a Global Controversy, Then Reformed
The rise and partial fall of the Dutch conduit model: trust offices, the Dutch Sandwich, Starbucks and Nike state-aid cases, and the 2021-24 withholding tax reforms that redirected the flows.
Why the Netherlands Is the World’s Second-Largest Agricultural Exporter: €137.5bn Explained
Dutch agricultural exports hit €137.5bn in 2025. This story separates re-exports from Dutch production and profiles the cooperatives, seed breeders and cocoa processors behind the number.
Prosus: The Amsterdam-Listed Tech Investor Built on a US$32 Million Tencent Stake
Inside Prosus: the Naspers-Tencent origin, the cross-holding investors hated, the Tencent-funded buyback, and Fabricio Bloisi’s €4.1bn Just Eat Takeaway and US$1.7bn Despegar deals.
The Headquarters Exodus: Why Shell, Unilever, DSM and Boskalis Left the Netherlands, Who Stays
How the dividend withholding tax, an exit-tax threat and migration politics pushed Shell, Unilever, DSM and Boskalis out, and what Project Beethoven means for ASML, Prosus and Stellantis.
Pieter Zwart, Pieter van der Does and the New Generation of Dutch Founders
How Coolblue, Adyen, Picnic and Mollie’s founders built a new generation of Dutch companies with outside capital, shared leadership and export from day one.
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The Van der Valks: How One Family Built a Highway-Hotel Empire Without a Head Office
The Van der Valk hotel dynasty: 1862 origins, the toucan, decentralised family ownership, the 1990s tax-fraud settlement, Valk Exclusief and the group in the 2020s.
Frits Goldschmeding and Randstad: The World’s Largest Staffing Company, Born in a Student Flat
From a 1960 student room to €23.1bn of revenue: Randstad’s founder, the Vedior merger, Goldschmeding’s stake and foundation, 2025–2026 results and the AI question.
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken: The Netherlands’ Richest Person and the Brewing Dynasty
The Heineken family’s control structure, Freddy Heineken’s 1983 kidnapping, Heineken’s 2025 and H1 2026 results, the 2026 CEO succession and the fifth generation on the board.
The Brenninkmeyers: The Secretive Family Behind C&A, Cofra and Redevco
Inside the Brenninkmeyer dynasty: C&A’s 1841 origins, Cofra Holding’s €40bn-plus platform, Redevco property, family rules and the 2025–2026 retreat of the retail chain.
NPO and the Politics of Dutch Public Broadcasting Cuts
The pillarised Dutch public broadcasting system faces a €156m cut, a 2029 reform into four broadcasting houses, the expulsion of Ongehoord Nederland and streaming rivals.
DPG Media and Mediahuis: How Belgian Groups Came to Own Dutch Newspapers
Two Belgian family groups own almost every Dutch national newspaper, NU.nl and, since 2025, RTL Nederland. How it happened, what regulators required, and what comes next.