Dino van Es
Dino van Es is one of the two founders of
Zecco Holdings, Inc. It was Dino who, as a successful entrepreneur in the
European brokerage business, realized that zero commission trading would become
inevitable. His vision forms the basis for the Zecco community. Dino was a
founder and director of Independent Wholesale Brokerage, one of Europe’s
largest wholesale brokers, which successfully sold to a Dutch banking group.
Before IWB, Dino held a long and successful career as an option trader with
several Dutch option houses. Dino is a founder and major shareholder in
4Investments.nl, a corporate finance boutique firm, and director of Zecco International
B.V., the mother company of Zecco Holdings, Inc.
Marcel Boekhoorn
Marcel Boekhoorn is a well-known, successful European investor and
entrepreneur who currently holds interests (mostly majority stakes) in more
than 30 companies in various sectors.
Marcel is the largest investor in Zecco. Marcel started his career as an
assistant accountant with Deloitte &Touche, where, in 1991, he became the
youngest partner ever. In 1994 he started his own investment business. He led
several companies into growth, expansion and market leadership, by pursuing a
buy-and-build strategy, attracting new customers and business partners and the
strongest management teams. By creating market leaders, Marcel has on many
occasions attracted buyers for businesses. He successfully sold mature
companies including Bakker Bart (chain of Bakery stores, sold to German stock
listed company Kamps AG), Cocachoc (chocolate and biscuits, sold to Suchard,
Kraft Foods), Novaxess (telephony and DSL provider, sold to Easynet, part of
the BSkyB Group, after successful turnaround), Telfort (mobile network
operator, bought for € 300 million and sold to Dutch stock listed incumbent KPN
for € 1.15 billion a year later) and MotipDupli (European market leader in
spray paints for the automotive and DIY markets, sold to UK based Intermediate
Capital Group and management). Recently Marcel Boekhoorn made a successful bid
on the shares of Dutch stock listed fashion conglomerate McGregor Fashion
Group, and he announced the launch of the first free quality newspaper in the
Netherlands. As a hobby, Marcel owns a zoo and a company specializing in the
development of ecologically sustainable solutions to problems in the world's
oceans. He also created the most popular TV soap for the youth in the
Netherlands, as well as two successful movies based on the series.
LundKenner Ventures
LundKenner Ventures is a Danish firm that holds over 40 ventures in Europe,
the US, China, and Israel. LundKenner is founded and managed by Morten Lund and
Søren Kenner. Morten Lund, an entrepreneur since age 19, helped launch more
than 40 companies – most of which have gone on to become notable successes and
strong brands. Morten is an internationally recognized authority on web
applications and viral marketing. He was also the first investor in Skype,
which recently sold to eBay for 2.6 billion USD. Søren Kenner started Medialog
in 1994 and rapidly grew it to become a global tech marketing agency, servicing
accounts such as IBM, Baan and Navision. Søren sold the company to McCann
Erickson in 1997 and became Chairman of McCann MRM Europe. He won the global
Microsoft account for McCann and has consulted worldwide with companies such as
Nestlé, Coca Cola, MasterCard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, etc.
Hans Kroon
Hans Kroon is the former CEO of Van derMoolen, an international trading
firm active in equities, bonds and related instruments such as warrants and
futures. Van derMoolen is one of the largest specialists on the NY stock
exchange.