Gert Van Mol
Belgian media entrepreneur (born 1969)
Gert Van Mol (born 1969) is a Belgian media entrepreneur.
Van Mol studied at the Catholic University of Louvain.[1] While studying he founded The Publishing Company, a publishing house, in 1990. Between 1990 and 2000 The Publishing Company published a series of youth magazines and books, such as TEEK magazine.[2]
In 2011 Van Mol started as manager of the digital TV-channel Life!TV Broadcasting Company.[citation needed] In his capacity he introduced the first female presenter with a headscarf on Belgian TV.[3]
In 2018 Van Mol acquired the Flemish far-right website 't Scheldt [nl]. Though he continues to deny it, leaked documents revealed he is the owner of the website.[4]
References
- ^ "In I.L.O. tempore". Verbeeld verleden van de Faculteit Bewegings- en Revalidatiewetenschappen aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (in Dutch). Universitaire Pers Leuven. 2008. ISBN 9789058677099.
- ^ K.G. "Haalt Delhaize choquerende Teek weer uit haar rekken?". Het Belang van Limburg.
- ^ "First woman with headscarf on Belgian TV". deredactie.be.
- ^ "Contract bewijst: Gert Van Mol is eigenaar van 't Scheldt?". De Morgen (in Dutch).