Marcel Boekhoorn

, Amsterdam, 2017 Privately, and through his investment vehicle of Ramphastos Investments, Boekhoorn holds interests in over 30 companies with a combined turnover of almost €5 billion, varying from financial and business services, retail, gaming, health care, new materials and advanced manufacturing. Former and current investments include: • HEMA: a Dutch retail chain with over 750 stores distributed across 9 countries. HEMA was acquired from Lion Capital in 2018. • High Tech Campus Eindhoven a high-tech centre and R&D ecosystem on the southern outskirts of Eindhoven. Boekhoorn bought the campus from Philips in 2012. • Mazarine Energy[nl]: oil and gas exploration. • Innovations4Flooring[nl]: patents and technologies for the flooring industry. • Cyber1[nl] (Nasdaq: CYB1.ST): cyber security. • SecureTrading[nl]: online payments. • Vereenigde Havezathen[nl]: uPVC and window frame production. • Habanero: HTML5 slots and casino games. • Ouwehands Dierenpark[nl]: 22 hectare public zoo in Rhenen, Netherlands. • Aviation Glass[nl]: glass and mirrors for the aviation industry. • The Antenna Company[nl]: advanced antenna systems. • Khondrion[nl]: biotech research and pharmaceuticals company focussed on the treatment of mitochondrial diseases. • Lumenvox[nl]: speech software and multi-factor authentication solutions. • VHZ Groep[nl], market leader in the Netherlands in the field of plastic frames and doors, in 2021 sold to Gilde Investments. • FastID[nl], a Dutch start-up that allows people to create a secure, digital identity on their own mobile phone. Users can then travel with a face scan (i.e. without a ticket or admission ticket) or to an event. • Charging station company Opcharge[nl] (charging stations for electric cars). ==Philanthropy==

Boekhoorn is privately a strong supporter of many nature and wildlife conservation and education programmes like SaveWave (protection of endangered sea animals) or the photographer Jimmy Nelson and his three-year trip around the world to photograph endangered tribes. Boekhoorn facilitated the adoption of two giant pandas from China by Ouwehands Zoo in 2017. In the presence of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, and King Willem Alexander, Boekhoorn signed a partnership agreement on behalf of Ouwehands Zoo with the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association. As part of the agreement, Boekhoorn makes an annual contribution of $1 million to the preservation of the panda species and the conservation of its natural habitat in China. Boekhoorn supports the football club N.E.C. Nijmegen and invested in the racing career of his son-in-law Giedo van der Garde who raced in the 2013 Formula One Season for the Caterham F1 Team. Boekhoorn was also executive producer of the successful Netflix series 'Human playground' based on a photo book by Flemish photographer Hannelore Vandenbussche. This series covers 24 sports in 25 countries, each time examining the origin and evolution of a particular sport. Movie star Idris Elba provided the voice-overs for the series. ==Private life==

Boekhoorn has three daughters. His current girlfriend is Rebecca Cabau van Kasbergen, sister of Yolanthe Cabau, ex-wife of Dutch soccer player Wesley Sneijder. His daughter Denise Boekhoorn is married to ex-Formula 1 driver Giedo van der Garde. Marcel was also one of the personal sponsors of him in the lower classes to F1. ==Royal decoration: Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau==

On 26 April 2024, Marcel Boekhoorn was appointed a knight in the Order of Orange Nassau. Boekhoorn received this honour because of his involvement in various companies, organisations and foundations, through which he has made himself useful to Dutch society. Examples include Boekhoorn's support for Ouwehands Dierenpark and for football club N.E.C. He is known not only as a big supporter of the Nijmegen club, but also as a sponsor and advisor. In 2021, for example, he played an important role in restructuring the club's organisational structure.marcel-boekhoorn-benoemd-tot-ridder-in-de-orde-van-oranje-nassau ==References==