Gerrit Zalm

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gerrit Zalm
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	May 6, 1952(1952-05-06)
Age	72
Birthplace	Enkhuizen
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Taurus

Gerrit Zalm Biography

Gerrit Zalm is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on May 6, 1952 in Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands.

Gerrit Zalm (born 6 May 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.

Zalm applied at the Free University Amsterdam in June 1969 majoring in Economics and obtaining an Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1971 before graduating with an Master of Economics degree in July 1975. Zalm worked as a civil servant from August 1975 until August 1994 for the department of Budgetary Affairs of the Ministry of Finance from August 1975 until May 1983 and as Deputy Director-General of the Department for Budgetary Affairs from February 1981 until May 1983 and for the Ministry of Economic Affairs as Deputy Director-General of the department for General Economic Policy from May 1983 until June 1985 and as Director-General of the department for General Economic Policy from June 1985 until January 1988. Zalm worked for the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) from January 1988 until August 1994 as Deputy Director from 1 January 1988 until 1 January 1989 and as Director from 1 January 1989 until 22 August 1994. Zalm also worked as a distinguished professor of Political economy at the Free University Amsterdam from 1 January 1990 until 22 August 1994.

Gerrit Zalm Net Worth

Gerrit Zalm is one of the richest Economist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerrit Zalm 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gerrit Zalm was born on 6 May 1952 in Enkhuizen in the Province of North Holland. Following his graduation from high school (“HBS-A” level) in Enkhuizen, Zalm began a study in economics at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, from which he graduated in 1975. In the same year he joined the Ministry of Finance. From 1983 he worked for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, where he eventually became a director. In 1988 he was appointed deputy director of the Centraal Planbureau, a state institution that, among other things, calculates the financial effects of government plans. In 1989 he became director of this institute. In that capacity Zalm had, although not formally a politician, a significant influence on politics. From 1990 he also gave lectures at the Vrije Universiteit.

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Zalm retired from national politics and became active in the private sector, in June Zalm was appointed as chief economist of the DSB Bank working from 1 July 2007 until 1 January 2008 when he became Chief financial officer (CFO) of the DSB Bank from 1 January 2008 until 1 January 2009. In December 2008 Zalm was nominated as CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors of ABN AMRO working from 1 January 2009 until 1 February 2017. On 1 April 2010 Zalm also became interim CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors of Fortis Bank Nederland until it was integrated into the new ABN AMRO Group on 1 July 2010 with Zalm appointed as CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors of the ABN AMRO Group working from 1 July 2010 until 1 February 2017. Zalm remained active in the private sector continues to occupy numerous seats as a corporate director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Royal Dutch Shell, Moody’s Corporation and Danske Bank) and serves on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Statistics Netherlands). After the election of 2017 Zalm was appointed as Informateur for the cabinet formation of 2017.

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Ghifari Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Gerrit Zalm celebrates birthday on May 6 of every year.