Hendrik "Bull" Verweij (12 September 1909 – 19 February 2010)[1] was one of the founders of the Dutch offshore radio station Radio Veronica and was president of the station from its start in 1959 until 1975. He was born in Hilversum.
On 15 May 1971 the ship Mebo II of competitive radio station Radio North Sea International was bombed. After the bombing Verweij appeared on Dutch television revealing that he paid a man 12,000 Guilders to get the Mebo II into territorial waters in a way which did not harm anybody on board. He was later sentenced to three months in jail.[2]
Verweij turned 100 years old in 2009 receiving an Lifetime Achievement Award from News anchor Arend Langenberg for his influence on Dutch commercial radio.[3] He died in his sleep in a retirement home in Loosdrecht.