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Sander Cornelis Schimmelpenninck (born June 26, 1984) is a Dutch nobleman, opinion writer & -commentator, and television presenter. From 2016 to September 2020, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine

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. Since September 2019, he has been a columnist for the newspaper

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. Along with his college friend Jaap Reesema and Titus van Dijk, he co-founded the production company Tonny Media, which produces podcasts including the ''Zelfspodcast''.

Early life and education

Schimmelpenninck was born into the

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branch of the

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with being the son of the former steward of Twickel Castle, Count Albert Hieronymus Schimmelpenninck, and radiologist Marie Liesbeth Henriëtte Helène Scheiffers.''Nederland's Adelsboek'' 92 (2006–2007), p. 328 He grew up in

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and attended first his secondary education at the Bataafs Lyceum in

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, but then went to the Staring College in

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in 1996, where he completed his gymnasium education in 2003. Subsequently, he studied at the same time at

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and

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, where he respectively obtained a BA in Italian language and culture in 2006 and an LL.B degree in Business Law in 2008. He then went to the

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in Milan where he received an

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in Business Law in 2009.

Career

After finishing his studies Schimmelpenninck worked for three years as a trainee lawyer at the Houthoff Buruma law firm on the

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in Amsterdam. He then started a pizza restaurant called Pink Flamingo in Amsterdam with his college friend Jaap Reesema. In 2013 Schimmelpenninck started working as an editor at the business magazine ''Quote''. In 2016 he succeeded Mirjam van den Broeke as editor-in-chief. After more than three years, he announced his departure to focus on new projects. Since 2019 he has been a columnist for the newspaper

. In 2019 Schimmelpenninck started a podcast called the ''Zelfspodcast'' together with Reesema, in which they discuss their daily lives based on different topics per episode. On October 6, 2020, they won the award for best podcast at the Online Radio Awards. At the end of 2020, along with Reesema and Titus van Dijk he founded the media company ''Tonny Media'' that primarily produces podcasts, including ''Geuze & Gorgels'' and '' Marc–Marie & Aaf vinden iets'' since January 2021.

Television

WNL (2018–2020)

The first television program that Schimmelpenninck made was ''De Opvolgers'' for WNL in 2018. In that year, he was the winner of the TV quiz ''De Slimste Mens''. From January 9, 2020, until the end of August of that year, he presented the NPO talk show ''Op1'' on Thursday evenings with Welmoed Sijtsma. He was succeeded by Jort Kelder. Before and after that, he was a regular guest on talk shows such as ''Beau'', ''De Wereld Draait Door'', and ''Jinek''. In addition to his work on ''Op1'', Schimmelpenninck made a season of

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from April 2020, in which aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their own businesses to a group of investors.

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was also his successor here.

VPRO (2020–present)

Together with

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, Northern Europe correspondent for

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, Schimmelpenninck made a one-time special in 2020 about the Swedish approach to the

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: ''Zweden doen het anders'' (''Sweden does it differently''). In 2021, Schimmelpenninck developed the program ''Sander en de Kloof'' (''Sander and the Divide''), which aired on television in 2022. The program was nominated for a Televizierring award in the 'Impact' category.

Filmography

Bibliography

* 2019: ''Elite gezocht''; Prometheus – with Ruben van Zwieten. * 2023: ''Sander en de brug: Vijf voorstellen voor een eerlijker Nederland'';

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References

External links

Interview at '' Tims ^ tent: maar dan in een bungalow ''(VPRO) (2018)

Interview at ''EenVandaag'' (AVROTROS) (2019)

Interview at ''De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach'' (VPRO) (2022)

Twitter profile
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