Willem Holleeder

Quick Facts

Full Name	Willem Holleeder
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1958(1958-05-29)
Age	66
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Taurus

Willem Holleeder Biography

Willem Holleeder is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on May 29, 1958 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. In 1958, in Amsterdam Holleeder was the father of Wim Holleeder (1927-1990) employed at the Heineken brewery who was fired from his job due to alcoholism. When he was a teenager He, as well as his classmates Cor van Hout, were members of a gang who was employed by landlords in the process of evicting tenants, and could be involved in numerous thefts. Cor van Hout later went on to become his brother-in law by marrying the sister of Holleeder Sonja.

He was also convicted of ordering the attempt murder John Mieremet, Klepper’s business partner, who later died in Thailand in 2005. He was also guilty in directing the manslaughter to Robert ter Haak, who was killed by bullets during the shooting death of Cor van Hout.

Holleeder’s 2006 trial was dubbed the trial of the century. His lawyer, Bram Moszkowicz, argued that media pronunciations on Holleeder as one of the “topcriminelen” had prejudiced the case against him. However, Moszkowicz was forced to resign after media allegations of conflict of interest, since he had also been the lawyer for Willem Endstra.

The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on 16 July 2006, that Holleeder and Cor van Hout had planned to kidnap Prince Bernhard instead of Freddy Heineken in the 1980s. Thomas van der Bijl, who was murdered in his bar in Amsterdam in April 2006, made these allegations in a deposition before the Dutch national police.

One of the witnesses at the case was attorney Bram Zeegers, who testified that Holleeder was involved in taking millions of euros from Endstra between 2000 to 2004. After the testimonies, Zeegers was found dead from a fatal overdose of drugs.

Willem Holleeder Net Worth

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

Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch criminal. He is known as De Neus (The Nose) due to the size of his nose.

The year 1983 was when their unidentified gang took Freddy Heineken, the Heineken family’s heir Freddy Heineken (who had purchased back the family’s ownership of the brewery) and his chauffeur. The demand of 35 million guilders (approximately EUR16 million, or US$19.5 million) was accepted with the support of family members even though the police were not in support. After the release of Freddy The kidnappers -Cor van Hout Willem Holleeder, Jan Boelaard, Frans Meijer, Martin Erkamps, and Frans Meijer–were all identified and sentenced to prison. The gangsters was in contact with a variety of gangsters, such as Dennis Stewart & Yvon Lodewijks who later were accused of arranging his murder. brother in law as well as his co-criminal Cor Van Hout.

Initially, he was in a business relationship with real estate businessman Willem Endstra, possibly involving money laundering. After Cor van Hout was killed in 2003, Holleeder fell out with Endstra. Endstra secretly testified to the police about Holleeder, but was shot dead near his office in 2004. It is suspected that Holleeder, along with his partner-in-crime Dino Soerel, ordered the murder of both Willem Endstra and John Mieremet, who was shot in Thailand on 2 November 2005. Holleeder’s name keeps turning up in this connection although three suspects in the Endstra murder, Ali N. and C. Özgür of Alkmaar and Cleon D. from Almere have been released. According to Endstra, Holleeder was involved in 25 murders, including that of Cor van Hout.

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Who is Willem Holleeder Dating?

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In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years’ imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken for a 35 -million-gulden (approximately €16 million, or US$19.5 million) ransom. Then, in 2007 Holleeder was sentenced to nine years in prison for several counts of extortion, including the extortion of Willem Endstra, who was murdered in 2004 after falling out with Holleeder. He served his sentence in Nieuw Vosseveld and was released on 27 January 2012. He was arrested again in May 2013 (released 12th June 2013), May 2015 and April 2016. In July 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders and one count of manslaughter.

Facts & Trivia

Willem Ranked on the list of most popular Criminal. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Willem Holleeder celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

In February 2013 Holleeder was a co-founder of the motorcycle club No Surrender MC and served as vice-president of the Amsterdam branch.

Where is Willem Holleeder now?

In July 2019, the Court in Amsterdam convicted Holleeder after a lengthy and extensive trial at the age of 61 to life imprisonment for the involvement in a series of five murders, including on his former friend and criminal associate Cor van Hout, and one case of manslaughter, thus following the demand of the …

Is Astrid holleeder still in hiding?

Ms. Holleeder may be a household name in the Netherlands, but her face is unknown to the public. She has been in hiding since 2017 , when she discovered that her brother had put a contract out on her life, along with those of Sonja and the Dutch journalist Peter de Vries, who are all testifying in the case.

Did Mr Heineken get kidnapped?

reddy Heineken was one of Europe’s richest men, who had built his family’s brewery into a multi-billion dollar powerhouse. On November 9, 1983, gunmen seized him and his chauffeur outside Heineken’s Amsterdam headquarters, sparking a global manhunt for the missing billionaire, his kidnappers and the $11 million ransom.

What is the highest ransom ever paid?

According to the Guinness Books of Records, the ransom for Atahualpa was the highest ever paid for an individual. The value of gold and silver was around $1.5 billion.

Did Heineken pay ransom?

In the Heineken kidnapping, Freddy Heineken was abducted and held in chains for three weeks until a ransom of 35 million guilders ($17 million) was paid , 8 million of which was never recovered. Holleeder was caught in France and eventually convicted and imprisoned in the Netherlands until 1992.