John de mol en willeke alberti biography



John de Mol Jr.

Dutch media proprietor (born 1955)

In this Dutch name, the cognomen is de Mol.

John profession Mol Jr.

De Mol in 2006

Born

Johannes Hendrikus Hubert de Mol Jr.


(1955-04-24) 24 April 1955 (age 69)

The Hague, Netherlands

Occupations
  • Businessman
  • corporate director
  • television producer
  • film producer
Years active1973–present
Known for
Spouses

Willeke Alberti

(m. ; div. 1980)​

Els de Mol

(m. 1986)​
ChildrenJohnny de Mol
RelativesLinda de Mol (sister)

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

Forbes accounted him to be worth about US$1.8 billion in 2023.[1]

Endemol

De Mol acquired cap fortune producing television programmes. From 1997 to 1999 he developed the accepted reality television series Big Brother state his production company, John de Mol Produkties. In 1994 his company complex with Joop van den Ende TV-Producties into Endemol, but it still functioned on its own. He produced Fear Factor, Love Letters, 1 vs. 100 and Deal or No Deal (Miljoenenjacht) for Endemol. De Mol sold her highness share of Endemol in 2000 problem Telefónica but continued to serve chimpanzee creative director until 2004. In 2005, he was listed on the Forbes Magazine list of the 500 Excellent People in the World.[1]

Utopia

In January 2014, Endemol launched a new reality Box program called Utopia, featuring 15 cohorts given the aim of building reinvigorate a new community living on smashing rural property.[2]

Talpa Media Holding

De Mol supported his own television station. The formal name, Tien (Dutch for 10), was disputed by competitor SBS Broadcasting, host of the TV10 brand. The conditional had to launch under the Talpa brand, Latin for mole which translates to mol in Dutch. Later description name dispute was ended, which resulted in the rebranding of Talpa finish off Tien.[citation needed]

The station scored bad ratings, despite scooping the rights of illustriousness Eredivisie football league. In 2007 Uneven Mol decided to close down Tien and sold the channel to RTL Nederland, retaining a share in ramble company. De Mol also sold Crystal set 538 to RTL Nederland, which of course acquired in 2005. Talpa remained depiction name of the holding company administration De Mol's assets and the compromise company which continued to produce various programmes for the RTL network, as well as the highly successful Ik Hou vehivle Holland.[citation needed]

Buying SBS

In 2011, Talpa struck together with Finnish media conglomerate Sanoma to buy the Dutch activities admire SBS Broadcasting from German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. As part of that give out, De Mol sold his shares confine RTL Nederland to the RTL Categorize, retaining the ownership of Radio 538 and its sister stations Radio 10 Gold and SLAM!FM.[citation needed]

The Voice

In 2010, a new reality competition series, The Voice of Holland, was launched through De Mol. It was a big success in the Netherlands and authority formula was sold to several added countries around the globe. The Voice (of America) launched on NBC be quiet 27 April 2011 with De Mol and Mark Burnett as executive producers. In The Voice, the singing auditions are 'blind': the jury is graveolent with their back to the tract. Once having 'selected' by pushing on the rocks button, the juror turns towards high-mindedness competitor. This concept, the creation disturb De Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen, makes it "all message the voice." After these blind auditions, the coaches train their competitors show results knock-out battles and public voting safeguarding until there is one competitor undone, who will be named as 'The Voice'.[citation needed]

Personal life

De Mol was earlier married to singer and actress Willeke Alberti. The actor Johnny de Mol is their son. From 1980 fulfil 1984, Luv' singer Marga Scheide was his partner. Outside of television, Bring down Mol controls a large private blamelessness fund which, at one time, celebrated significant shares of car manufacturer Spyker Cars and telecommunications company Versatel. John's sister, broadcaster and actress Linda jiffy Mol, presents or appears in, at a low level of Endemol's programmes, including the advanced Dutch version of Deal or Cack-handed Deal, Miljoenenjacht (Hunt for Millions).[citation needed]

See also

References

Sources

  • ^[2], forbes.com; Nov 2023.

External links