Peter-Frans Pauwels

Dutch entrepreneur (born 1965)

Peter-Frans Pauwels (born June 1965) is a Dutch entrepreneur.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Peter-Frans Pauwels (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1965.¹

About

In 1991, soon after he completed his studies in business and computer science at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, he founded, with his former university mate Pieter Geelen, a company called Palmtop Software, which was later renamed to TomTom.

In 2006, the Dutch magazine Quote stated that Pauwels was then the richest Dutch person less than 41 years old, with a fortune of about 766 million euros. In 2010, Quote ranked Pauwels the 100th richest Dutch person, with 280 million euros.

From Wikipedia’s article on Peter-Frans Pauwels, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

TomTomFounder⁷

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Amsterdam³

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.⁵

Date not recordedFounded TomTom⁴

Personal life

CitizenshipKingdom of the Netherlands⁶

Sources

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WikidataPeter-Frans Pauwels on Wikidata
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WikipediaPeter-Frans Pauwels on Wikipedia
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WikidataPeter-Frans Pauwels: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataPeter-Frans Pauwels: Founded TomTom, on Wikidata
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WikidataPeter-Frans Pauwels: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataPeter-Frans Pauwels: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataTomTom, Founder