Boudewijn Poelmann (born 3 February 1949,

Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a ...

) is a Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of the

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's Nationale Postcode Lottery. In 1983, he helped to start the media company,

Novamedia Novamedia was started in 1983 by Boudewijn Poelmann and his wife Annemiek Hoogenboom. In 1989, Poelmann joined forces with Simon Jelsma, Frank Leeman en Herman de Jong to establish the Dutch National Postcode Lottery. In 2002, Novamedia took over ...

. Before establishing Novamedia in 1983, he worked with

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and

Oxfam Novib Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...

(Dutch organization for international development aid). At Oxfam Novib he was responsible for fundraising and oversaw its publishing house. In addition, he acquired experience in European TV, telephone and printed media businesses. Until September 1992 he was also the director of Inter Press Service, Europe. Poelmann is one of the founders/owners of ''Independent Media'', which became the second largest publishing house in the

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. He was the chairman of the board of directors until 2004 when Independent Media was sold to

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. In 2004, he co-founded

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, a daily financial newspaper in

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. One year later he co-founded the new Dutch publishing hous
Nieuw Amsterdam
He was a member of the board of

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. Beginning of 2020

Sigrid van Aken Sigrid van Aken (born March 1, 1970, Amsterdam) is the chief executive officer of Postcode Lottery Group, recognized as the world's 3rd largest private charity donor, after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & the Wellcome Trust. Ear ...

took over his role as CEO of Novamedia.

References

External links

Profile at Novamedia

Publication

* Ineke Holtwijk: ''De mannen van de droomfabriek. Het verhaal achter het succes van de Postcode Loterij''. Amsterdam, Balans, 2015, 1949 births Living people People from Bussum Dutch businesspeople Dutch philanthropists Feyenoord non-playing staff {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub