Maurice de Hond

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In this Dutch name, the surname is De Hond, not Hond.
Maurice de Hond

Maurice de Hond (born 8 October 1947) is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Steve JobsSchool,

individualized learning.[2] As of 2016, 35 public schools in the Netherlands adopted the school model.[3] Two Steve JobsSchools opened in South Africa in 2016.[4]

Career

Born in

Vendex (for which he led the computer department Microcomputer Club Nederland (MCN) of the Vroom & Dreesmann department store and the Dixons
electricals store in the 1980s), ITT and Wegener. In 1998, he was one of the founders of Newconomy, an internet start-up, which after a stock exchange listing in 2000, saw a market cap of €400 million, but subsequently lost much of its market value. Eventually, De Hond had to resign from his leadership position. He now polls through his own company, and internet site Peil.nl.

Deventer murder case

Main article: Deventer murder case

Since 2005, De Hond campaigned to reopen a murder case that happened in the Dutch city of Deventer. De Hond believed that a tax advisor named Ernest Louwes was wrongfully convicted, and that a handyman of the murdered woman, Michaël de Jong, was behind the murder. De Hond led his own investigation into the matter, but a subsequent investigation by the public prosecutors found no reason to reopen the case. De Jong brought De Hond to court over his allegations, for which De Hond refused to submit after the matter was closed. A Dutch court found De Hond at fault in continuation of his allegations, after which De Hond was reprimanded and forced to pay de Jong and his girlfriend over €100,000.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Contact - Steve JobsSchool". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Peter (2013-08-22). "Dutch 'Steve Jobs Schools' Are Trying To Revolutionize Education Through iPad Learning". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  3. ^ de Hond, Maurice (2016-05-09). "Finding the Right Model". EdTech Digest. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. ^ Lindeque, Brent (2016-06-30). "Steve Jobs Schools launch in South Africa". The Good Things Guy. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  5. ^ "Maurice de Hond moet schadevergoeding betalen aan de klusjesman en diens vriendin". Rechtspraak.nl. 2007-04-25. Archived from the original on 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  6. ^ "Police Search Maurice de Hond". Expatica. 2007-02-14.
  7. ^ "Pollster offers to apologise over murder claim". Expatica. 2006-06-23.
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