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Willy Naessens, een icoon in de Belgische zakenwereld, is maandag 31 maart op 86-jarige leeftijd overleden.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Geboren in 1939 in Elsegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, verliet Willy Naessens op 14-jarige leeftijd de school. Hij begon zijn carri\u00e8re in de kippenkwekerij voordat hij een imperium opbouwde in de industri\u00eble bouw.<\/p>\n

Willy Naessens werd geboren in 1939 in Elsegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, en verliet de school op 14-jarige leeftijd. Hij opende een kippenkwekerij en bouwde daarna een imperium uit in de industri\u00eble bouw.<\/p>\n

Zijn groep<\/a> groeide uit tot een internationale speler in de bouw van magazijnen en zwembaden, actief in zeven landen. Hoewel Dennis Ingelbeen recentelijk tot CEO werd benoemd, bleef Naessens toezicht houden op de langetermijnstrategie van het bedrijf. De groep werd in 2023 uitgeroepen tot Onderneming van het Jaar en behaalde vorig jaar een omzet van meer dan een miljard.<\/p>\n

Een grote liefhebber van paarden, Willy Naessens was actief betrokken bij culturele evenementen zoals de beroemde “Willy Naessens Hat Trophy” tijdens de Waregem Koerse paardenraces. Hij was ook een graag geziene gast op televisieprogramma’s zoals The Sky is the limit.<\/p>\n

In januari brak de zakenman zijn heup na een val, en complicaties tijdens zijn herstel verzwakten zijn gezondheid.<\/p>\n

Op X brengt de Vlaamse minister-president Mathias Diependaele (N-VA) een eerbetoon aan hem, en prijst hem als een icoon van Vlaams ondernemerschap. “Zijn visie, doorzettingsvermogen, passie en humor laten een blijvende indruk achter.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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