Piet Derksen (February 15, 1913 in Rotterdam – 24 February 1996 in Westerhoven) was a Dutch businessman best known as the founder of Center Parcs. A devout Catholic, he was also a philanthropist donating all his fortune to various causes. [1]

Piet Derksen (1913, Rotterdam - 24 February 1996, Westerhoven) was a Dutch businessman who founded Center Parcs. He was also a philanthropist. He donated all his fortune to charity. [1] Business. Piet's father thought he was reading too much, so he said to his son that he should go and play tennis. Pieter listened to the advice of his father ...

Petrus Henricus (Piet) Derksen (Rotterdam, 15 februari 1913 – Westerhoven, 24 februari 1996) was een Nederlandse zakenman en filantroop. Hij is de grondlegger van Sporthuis Centrum, later Center Parcs, een Nederlandse keten van vakantieparken. Derksen groeide op in Rotterdam als zoon van een Nederlandse vader en een Vlaamse moeder. [1]

In 1968, Piet Derksen created the world's first nature park with this idea as its standard bearer. To understand the importance of this date, we must go back in time, when Center Parcs was still called Sporthuis Centrum. In the 1960s, Piet Derksen was already an accomplished businessman.

2019年7月18日 · But the largest early individual donor was Dutch millionaire Piet Derksen, who after a brief meeting with Mother Angelica in a Rome hotel lobby, gave her $23 million to start her first short-wave...

Petrus Henricus (Piet) Derksen (Rotterdam, 15 februari 1913 – Westerhoven, 24 februari 1996) was een Nederlandse zakenman en filantroop. Hij bleef tot aan zijn dood in zijn bungalow op De...

2019年7月19日 · An angel may have pointed out the hilltop where Mother Angelica should build the facility, but it was Piet Derksen, a Dutch leisure-industry billionaire who gave her the money to do it, according...

2017年9月26日 · Als kleiner Junge liebt der 1913 geborene Petrus Henricus Derksen, genannt Piet, es, sich in seine Bücher zu vertiefen. Doch sein Vater animiert ihn lebhaft, Tennis zu spielen. Piet findet bald Geschmack daran, jedoch noch mehr am kaufmännischen Aspekt des Tennissports: Bereits in den 1940er-Jahren lässt er die ersten Aschenplätze der ...

Petrus Henricus (Piet) Derksen, né à Rotterdam le 15 février 1913, décédé à Westerhoven le 24 février 1996, est un chef d’entreprise néerlandais, fondateur de la société néerlandaise de parcs de vacances Center Parcs, par ailleurs philanthrope d’obédience catholique.

Piet Derksen (1913, Rotterdam - 24 February 1996, Westerhoven) was a Dutch businessman who founded Center Parcs. A devout Catholic , he was also a philanthropist donating all his fortune to various causes.