Cor van Zadelhoff is Businessman of the Year 2022

Real estate entrepreneur Cor van Zadelhoff received the entrepreneurs' oeuvre award 'Businessman of the Year' this afternoon during business fair MASTERS EXPO. Under the watchful eye of entrepreneurial Holland, Van Zadelhoff was surprised with this honorable award during congress MASTERS TALKS in the RAI in Amsterdam. The prize was created by initiator Yves Gijrath, founder of business fair MASTERS EXPO in cooperation with business magazine Quote. The award is an ode to entrepreneurship, to his industry, his social commitment and the entire oeuvre of this person.

The jury report

The jury (consisting of Yves Gijrath of MASTERS EXPO, the editors of MASTERS Magazine and Quote editor-in-chief and guest judge Paul van Riessen) on the winner: "Cor van Zadelhoff has tremendous drive: the real estate entrepreneur announces at the age of 84 that he is going to expand. Despite his age, he remains ambitious and does so with a flair you recognize from start-ups. Cor van Zadelhoff is unique because he is an unyielding bigwig (literally and figuratively), with vision, decisiveness, guts and unprecedented energy. He loves the debate. A man who can also handle well-founded criticism very well. Above all, Cor van Zadelhoff is a man with his heart in the right place. He still proves himself every day, through his unbridled dedication and allocation to good causes. Cor van Zadelhoff is an example for many in his profession, but also for current politics and especially for enterprising Holland."

The award received by the real estate entrepreneur was designed by artist Mo Cornelisse. The MASTERS' entrepreneurial oeuvre award Businessman of the Year will be presented annually in conjunction with a guest judge each year.

About Cor Van Zadelhoff

Cor van Zadelhoff was born in Nieuwer Amstel on April 22, 1938. The entrepreneur grew up in a family of eight, five of whom were brothers. From farm boy to economist. In 1968 Cor van Zadelhoff founded Zadelhoff Makelaars. Anno 2022 a household name at home and abroad. He masters deal making like no other, a networker avant la lettre. Van Zadelhoff sees beautiful locations and leaves beautiful buildings behind. One of his latest showpieces: the former Amsterdam Diamond Exchange transformed into Capital C. But also the conversion of the Amsterdam Renault garage into the current magnificent headquarters of FD/BNR and the honorable Zadelhoff Café in the Stedelijk Museum.

About MASTERS EXPO

From December 8 to 12, entrepreneurs will meet at the RAI in Amsterdam, where some four hundred exceptional (family) businesses from nearly twenty different industries will come together - from mobility to real estate and from design to tech. MASTERS EXPO - CAPITAL OF GREAT BUSINESS - with 40,000 square meters of floor space, is the largest networking event in the Netherlands.