1. Alfred Henry Heineken was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company created in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.
12 Facts About Freddy Heineken
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Freddy Heineken served as chairman of the board of directors and CEO from 1971 until 1989.
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At the time of his death, Freddy Heineken was one of the richest people in the Netherlands, with a net worth of 9.5 billion guilders.
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Freddy Heineken was the grandson of Gerard Adriaan Heineken, who was the founder of the brewery Heineken International.
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Freddy Heineken bought back stock several years later, to ensure the family controlled the company again.
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The films The Heineken Kidnapping and Kidnapping Freddy Heineken are based on this incident.
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Freddy Heineken married Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers.
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Freddy Heineken was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
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In 1989, Freddy Heineken illegally destroyed the Villa Bohler in Oberalpina, designed by Heinrich Tessenow from 1916 to 1918.
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Freddy Heineken struggled for some time with deteriorating health; in 1999 he suffered a mild stroke but recovered.
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Freddy Heineken died from pneumonia on 3 January 2002 at the age of 78 at his home in Noordwijk in the presence of his immediate family, including his daughter Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who inherited his fortune.
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Freddy Heineken was buried at the General Cemetery in Noordwijk.