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Kees Koolen was born on 19 August, 1965 in Bergeijk, North Brabant, is a Dutch rally raid racer and businessman. Discover Kees Koolen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August 1965
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Bergeijk, North Brabant
Nationality Netherlands

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Kees Koolen Net Worth

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1945

Racing a Honda CRF series CRF450 he finished 69th in the motorbike classification.

1965

Kees Koolen (born 19 August 1965 in Bergeijk, North Brabant) is a Dutch rally raid racer and businessman.

Koolen participated in various rally raid competitions in a variety of vehicles.

Koolen also was the CEO of Booking.com.

Currently he is the Chairman/CEO of Koolen Industries: a Dutch clean energy conglomerate.

Koolen studied technical business administration at the Twente University.

Despite not graduating the university, started his own business as an advisor to different companies.

During this time Koolen was an angel investor to different internet startups.

Koolen was one of the founders of Booking.com, a price comparison website for hotels.

2005

He sold the company in 2005 to Booking Holdings for 110 million Euros.

2009

Koolen competed in his first Dakar Rally at the 2009 Dakar Rally.

2010

For the 2010 Dakar Rally, Koolen and his team raced a McRae Enduro buggy.

Koolen had a troubled third stage.

He passed all check points but stranded on his way to the bivak and had to retire.

2011

Koolen remained Booking.com's CEO until 2011.

For the 2011 Dakar Rally Koolen developed his own buggy to compete, the GoKoBra.

The team entered two GoKoBra's, one for Koolen and one for teammate Jurgen van den Goorbergh.

Koolen was disqualified after the sixth stage.

Koolen finished the sixth stage outside the time limit but was given dispensation by the organisation.

The organisation later the decided to disqualify Koolen because he missed the first check point.

2012

The team finished the 2012 Dakar Rally in 59th place.

2013

In 2013 his wealth was estimated at 115 million euro, making him 232nd wealthiest person in the Netherlands.

When Uber placed its headquarters in Amsterdam, Koolen was named by Travis Kalanick as COO.

Simultaneously, Koolen founded Agri Brasil, a conglomerate of large dairy farms.

Koolen entered his first Dakar Rally with a quad at the 2013 Dakar Rally.

2014

In 2014 Koolen became the first participant to finish the Dakar Rally in all four classes.

In 2014 Koolen joined Van den Goorbergh and Gijs van Uden in a Ginaf truck entered by Maxxis Dakar Team Powered by Super B. The team finished in 37th place.

2015

For 2015, Koolen developed his own quad off-road racer.

During the Dakar Rally Koolen was arrested by Chilean authorities.

During the fifth stage Koolen deviated from the determined route and drove through a protected area.

Koolen was released after questioning.

Koolen was not the only participant racing through a protected area in the Atacama Desert, Matteo Cassucio was also arrested.

The following stage Koolen retired from the rally.

2016

For 2016 Koolen returned in his Honda quad with top ten stage results.

He did not finish the Dakar Rally after stage nine.

After his retirement an incident with a helicopter caused his quad (without rider) to drop fifty meters to the ground.

2017

He again finished the Dakar Rally, in 17th place.

In 2017 Koolen and his team developed the Barren Racing quad racer.

2019

In 2019 Koolen was profiled as a 'day dreamer.' by PVV States member Erik Veltmeijer in newspaper Dagblad De Gelderlander.

Veltmeijer speaks of 'a complete failure' and qualifies director Kees Koolen of Lithium Werks en passant as a day dreamer.