Jaap Blokker

Jacob "Jaap" Blokker (5 February 1942 – 5 July 2011) was a Dutch businessman and executive.

Jaap Blokker after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award during the ING Retail Jaarprijs Gala in Hilversum, November 2010

Blokker was born in Amsterdam. From 1976 to 2010 he was general director of Blokker Holding, which operates a series of chain stores in various countries, the most well known in the Netherlands is Blokker.[1] He was also an outspoken critic of the euro and the effects of immigration and published his criticism in the Blokker Holding annual reports.[1]

Death

Blokker died in Laren aged 69, after a long fight against cancer.[2][3]

gollark: The problem is that knowledge of random stuff is different to intelligence or whatever, *access* to knowledge of stuff is still different to that, sorting through information is still very hard, and the education system often prioritizes remembering random nonsense instead of problem-solving and all that.
gollark: Done.
gollark: ... what?
gollark: Activating orbital laser strike.
gollark: CHECKMATE, THEISTS!

References
  1. Jaap Blokker, of Blokker retail group, dies, DutchNews.nl, July 6, 2011
  2. (in Dutch) Opvolgers voor zieke Blokker-baas De Telegraaf, October 7, 2010
  3. (in Dutch) Blokker-baas regelt opvolging De Standaard, October 7, 2010


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