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'''Johannes Hendrikus Hubert de Mol, Jr.''' (April 24, 1955 in [[The Hague]]) is a Dutch media entrepreneur which founded the Talpa company and co-founded the Endemol chain.
==Biography==
De Mol was born on 24 April in [[The Hague]], and was married with singer Willeke Alberti, but divorced. He is the older brother of the Dutch presenter [[Linda de Mol]] (1964).
==Business career==
His first appearance in the media world was at the offshore radiostation Radio Noordzee Interationaal where his father John de Mol sr. (1931-2013) was the station director, in the 1980s he founded the television company ''John de Mol Produkties'' which merged in 1994 with Joop van den Endes company into [[Endemol]], a famous television producer which was responsible for series like Big Brother and Deal or No Deal.
In 2000 the two media moguls sold Endemol to the Spanish Telefónica for €5.5 billion.<ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fraud-at-takeover-of-endemol-by-telefonica--352826</ref>
Today Endemol is for a fifty-fifty stake owned by Murdochs 21st Cnetury Fox and Apollo Global Management.<ref>http://ir.agm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214560&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2000330</ref>
In 2000 De Mol has been founed Talpa Media, which has launched a TV-channel in 2005 but stopped her broadcasting in due to its failed market shares and was sold to the [[RTL Group]] in the summer of 2007.
With Talpa, he owns multiple media companies like [[Radio 538]], Talpa Productions (sold to the British ITV plc. in 2015<ref>http://www.talpa.tv/pressroom/british-itv-acquires-john-de-mols-talpa</ref>) and has offices in [[Los Angeles, [[Berlin]] and [[Dubai]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Dutch people]]
[[Category:Business people]]
==Biography==
De Mol was born on 24 April in [[The Hague]], and was married with singer Willeke Alberti, but divorced. He is the older brother of the Dutch presenter [[Linda de Mol]] (1964).
==Business career==
His first appearance in the media world was at the offshore radiostation Radio Noordzee Interationaal where his father John de Mol sr. (1931-2013) was the station director, in the 1980s he founded the television company ''John de Mol Produkties'' which merged in 1994 with Joop van den Endes company into [[Endemol]], a famous television producer which was responsible for series like Big Brother and Deal or No Deal.
In 2000 the two media moguls sold Endemol to the Spanish Telefónica for €5.5 billion.<ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fraud-at-takeover-of-endemol-by-telefonica--352826</ref>
Today Endemol is for a fifty-fifty stake owned by Murdochs 21st Cnetury Fox and Apollo Global Management.<ref>http://ir.agm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214560&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2000330</ref>
In 2000 De Mol has been founed Talpa Media, which has launched a TV-channel in 2005 but stopped her broadcasting in due to its failed market shares and was sold to the [[RTL Group]] in the summer of 2007.
With Talpa, he owns multiple media companies like [[Radio 538]], Talpa Productions (sold to the British ITV plc. in 2015<ref>http://www.talpa.tv/pressroom/british-itv-acquires-john-de-mols-talpa</ref>) and has offices in [[Los Angeles, [[Berlin]] and [[Dubai]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Dutch people]]
[[Category:Business people]]