John Fentener van Vlissingen

Who is John Fentener van Vlissingen?

John Arthur Fentener van Vlissingen is a Dutch businessman. He is one of the wealthiest people in the Netherlands and has made major investments in the travel industry. The total capital of the family is, according to Quote magazine, around 9.2 billion euros. The wealth of Fentener van Vlissingen was calculated to be €1.6 billion in Quote 500.

Of the three brothers John Fentener van Vlissingen's career was not with the family company, SHV Holdings. He began his own company, BCD Holdings N.V.

BCD Holdings is a market leader in the travel industry. The Dutch, privately owned company was founded in 1975 by John Fentener van Vlissingen and consists of BCD Travel, Travix, Park 'N Fly, Airtrade, VakantieXperts and Parkmobile International. BCD Holdings employs approximately 13,000 people and operates in 97 countries with total sales, including partners sales, of U.S.$22.8 billion.

BCD Holdings began as a real estate company in 1975 as Property Management Advisory Services. In 1976, the company was renamed NORO since the name NIRO was already appropriated. In 1986 BCD was founded, after the separation of Noro management advisories and investments by the establishment of BCD.