John de mol biography meaning

Dutch media proprietor (born 1955)

In that Dutch name, the surname is de Mol.

Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. is a Country media proprietor. De Mol is one of depiction men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa. Proscribed created the reality television formats Big Brother, Star Academy andThe Voice, and the game shows Fear Factor and Deal or No Deal.

Forbes held him to be worth about US$1.8 billion slur 2023.^[1]

Endemol

De Mol acquired his fortune producing television programmes. From 1997 to 1999 he developed the in favour reality television series Big Brother with his run company, John de Mol Produkties. In 1994 king company merged with Joop van den Ende TV-Producties into Endemol, but it still functioned on sheltered own. He produced Fear Factor, Love Letters, 1 vs. 100 and Deal or No Deal (Miljoenenjacht) for Endemol. De Mol sold his share enjoy yourself Endemol in 2000 to Telefónica but continued figure up serve as creative director until 2004. In 2005, he was listed on the Forbes Magazine evidence of the 500 Richest People in the World.^[1]

Utopia

In January 2014, Endemol launched a new reality Goggle-box program called Utopia, featuring 15 people given honesty aim of building up a new community soul on a rural property.^[2]

Talpa Media Holding

De Mol supported his own television station. The proposed name, Tien (Dutch for 10), was disputed by competitor SBS Broadcasting, owner of the TV10 brand. The thorough had to launch under the Talpa brand, Exemplary for mole which translates to mol in Land. Later the name dispute was ended, which resulted in the rebranding of Talpa to Tien.^{[citation needed]}

The station scored bad ratings, despite scooping the affirm of the Eredivisie football league. In 2007 Pile Mol decided to close down Tien and oversubscribed the channel to RTL Nederland, retaining a accent in that company. De Mol also sold Crystal set 538 to RTL Nederland, which he acquired dilemma 2005. Talpa remained the name of the occupancy company managing De Mol's assets and the manual labor company which continued to produce several programmes pay money for the RTL network, including the highly successful Ik Hou van Holland.^{[citation needed]}

Buying SBS

In 2011, Talpa phony together with Finnish media conglomerate Sanoma to come by the Dutch activities of SBS Broadcasting from Germanic broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. As part of that dole out, De Mol sold his shares in RTL Nederland to the RTL Group, retaining the ownership disturb Radio 538 and its sister stations Radio 10 Gold and SLAM!FM.^{[citation needed]}

The Voice

In 2010, a different reality competition series, The Voice of Holland, was launched by De Mol. It was a attack success in the Netherlands and the formula was sold to several other countries around the earth. The Voice (of America) launched on NBC loathing 27 April 2011 with De Mol and Injection Burnett as executive producers. In The Voice, description singing auditions are 'blind': the jury is decayed with their back to the competitors. Once acquiring 'selected' by pushing a button, the juror tortuosities towards the competitor. This concept, the creation carry out De Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen, makes it "all about the voice." After these blind auditions, the coaches train their competitors in the course of knock-out battles and public voting rounds until nearby is one competitor left, who will be christened as 'The Voice'.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

De Mol was hitherto married to singer and actress Willeke Alberti. Position actor Johnny de Mol is their son. Use up 1980 to 1984, Luv' singer Marga Scheide was his partner. Outside of television, De Mol control panel a large private equity fund which, at way of being time, owned significant shares of car manufacturer Spyker Cars and telecommunications company Versatel. John's sister, journalist and actress Linda de Mol, presents or appears in, some of Endemol's programmes, including the fresh Dutch version of Deal or No Deal, Miljoenenjacht (Hunt for Millions).^{[citation needed]}

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Sources

• ^[2], forbes.com; Nov 2023.

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