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Kees Koolen

Founder of The Green Box

Hengelo, Overijssel

Overview

Kees Koolen is the Founder and CEO of Koolen Industries, with a notable background as the former CEO of booking.com and an advisor to Uber on international expansion and scaling. His career highlights include leading successful companies like Booking.com and advising global tech giants like Uber, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic business development.

Work Experience

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Koolen Industries

Founder, chairman & CEO
2019 - Current
I founded Koolen Industries with the goal of accelerating the energy transition. Our mission is to make renewable energy accessible to everyone. That is why I have personally invested in now over 25 clean tech companies. We also realize integrated energy projects ourselves with a combination of our group companies with our one-stop-shop concept.

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The Green Box

Founder
2019
The Green Box is an 18ha cleantech campus in Hengelo. With more than 10,000 m2 spacious office facilities and more than 90,000 m2 of production space, it offers space for entrepreneurs and companies to work together on solutions that contribute to accelerating the energy transition. The campus is also building the energy system of the future itself and investing in cooperation and knowledge development with various educational institutions.

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