Dino van Es
Dino van Es is one of the two founders of Zecco.com and director of Zecco International. It was Dino who, as a successful entrepreneur in the European brokerage business, realized that zero commission trading would become inevitable. His vision forms the basis for the Zecco free trading community. Dino was a founder and director of Independent Wholesale Brokerage, one of Europe’s largest wholesale brokers, which successfully sold to a Dutch banking group. Before IWB, Dino held a long and successful career as an option trader with several Dutch option houses. Dino is a founder and major shareholder in 4Investments.nl, a corporate finance boutique firm, and director of Zecco International, the mother company of Zecco Holdings Inc.
Marcel Boekhoorn
Marcel Boekhoorn is a well-known, successful European investor and entrepreneur who currently holds interests (mostly majority stakes) in more than 30 companies in various sectors. Marcel is the largest investor in Zecco. Marcel started his career as an assistant accountant with Deloitte & Touche, where, in 1991, he became the youngest partner ever. In 1994 he started his own investment business. He led several companies into growth, expansion and market leadership, by pursuing a buy-and-build strategy, attracting new customers and business partners and the strongest management teams. By creating market leaders, Marcel has on many occasions attracted buyers for businesses. He successfully sold mature companies including Bakker Bart (chain of Bakery stores, sold to German stock listed company Kamps AG), Cocachoc (chocolate and biscuits, sold to Suchard, Kraft Foods), Novaxess (telephony and DSL provider, sold to Easynet, part of the BSkyB Group, after successful turn around), Telfort (mobile network operator, bought for € 300 million and sold to Dutch stock listed incumbent KPN for € 1.15 billion a year later) and Motip Dupli (European market leader in spray paints for the automotive and DIY markets, sold to UK based Intermediate Capital Group and management). Recently Marcel Boekhoorn made a successful bid on the shares of Dutch stock listed fashion conglomerate McGregor Fashion Group, and he announced the launch of the first free quality newspaper in the Netherlands. As a hobby, Marcel owns a zoo and a company specializing in the development of ecologically sustainable solutions to problems in the world's oceans. He also created the most popular TV soap for the youth in the Netherlands, as well as two successful movies based on the series.
LundKenner Ventures
LundKenner Ventures is a Danish firm that holds over 40 ventures in Europe, the US, China, and Israel. LundKenner is founded and managed by Morten Lund and Søren Kenner. Morten Lund, an entrepreneur since age 19, helped launch more than 40 companies – most of which have gone on to become notable successes and strong brands. Morten is an internationally recognized authority on webapplications and viral marketing. He was also the first investor in Skype, which recently sold to eBay for 2.6 billion USD. Søren Kenner started Medialog in 1994 and rapidly grew it to become a global techmarketing agency, servicing accounts such as IBM, Baan and Navision. Søren sold the company to McCann Erickson in 1997 and became Chairman of McCann MRM Europe. He won the global Microsoft account for McCann and has consulted worldwide with companies such as Nestlé, Coca Cola, MasterCard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell etc.
Hans Kroon
Hans Kroon is the former CEO of Van der Moolen, an international trading firm active in equities, bonds and related instruments such as warrants and futures. Van der Moolen is one of the largest specialists on the NY stock exchange.