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Henk de Vries was born in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands in 1958. After high school, he studied business economics at the Free University in Amsterdam, following which he worked as a business consultant in various sectors. He joined Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw and Feadship in 1987 as sales manager and became director/shareholder in 1996. Together with cousin Tom de Vries and later joined by Rob and Roderick de Vries they expanded the family business to its current size, with seven operating companies and 1200 employees. De Vries still is a completely family-owned company and owns 50% of Feadship. Henk lives in Amsterdam with his wife and son.