Joost Ritman

Dutch businessman
Joost Ritman (2017)

Joost R. Ritman (born 1941, Amsterdam) is a businessman from the Netherlands. Ritman made his fortune with his family company De Ster, selling plastic tableware to airlines. He is the founder of the library Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam.[1] In 1995 he received the Laurens Janszoon Costerprijs. He was knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion in 2002.

References

  1. ^ Vermeulen, Stefan (16 June 2016). "De Ritman-bibliotheek: de graal van Amsterdam". Vrij Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links

  • Short biography of Joost Ritman
  • Short movie about the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica on YouTube
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
National
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Germany
  • Belgium
  • United States
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
Other
  • IdRef


  • v
  • t
  • e