Hans Melchers

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Hans Daniel Melchers (born 18 May 1938 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch businessman. Melchers founded Melchemie Holland BV,^[1] and is major (15%) shareholder in HAL Investments BV. With a total capital of Euro 460 million, Melchers reached a 36th spot in the 2005 edition of the Quote 500-list of the most wealthy Dutch. His daughter, Claudia, was the victim of a kidnapping in September 2005.^[1] She was released after two days of confinement.^[2]

Since the early 1990s until 2007, Melchers was a major sponsor of the Dutch Bridge Federation (NBB). In 2008 Melchers started his own professional bridge team.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dutch Police Probe Seizure of Millionaire's Daughter". Bloomberg. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
↑ "Abductors of Dutch Millionaire's Daughter Wanted Cocaine Ransom". Bloomberg. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

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Name	Melchers, Hans
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Short description	Dutch businessman
Date of birth	18 May 1938
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