Ron Brandsteder has had a luxury life and that is not only because of the lucrative TV contracts he had at RTL. What not everyone knows is that his father was Sony millionaires …
Ron Brandsteder, who died this week, was a very wealthy man. It is also not for nothing that his son Rick Brandsteder was able to stop television to withdraw to Spain, where he now seems to live from the family fortune. Where do all those millions come from? Has Ron so well hurt in his TV years?
Son of millionaire
Many people do not know that Ron was the son of Millionaire Ton Brandsteder. He had a company that built televisions in cupboards and came into contact with the Japanese Sony in 1960, which then searched for a distributor for her products in the Netherlands. A year later, Brandsteder Electronics BV, and therefore the importership, was a fact.
Sony became a huge brand worldwide and the Brandsteder family has benefited considerably. “Already during Rons school time it became clear that he would not follow his father,” says Weekblad Story. “Although he was still following a course at Nyenrode Business University in Breukelen, his heart was performing and presenting.”
21 million euros
Ron managed to build a career in the showbiz, but: “He no longer had to work for the money. After the death of his father in 1992, he inherited 21 million euros. But he continued to present until 2015. “
After saying goodbye to the television, he said to Story: “My time has been. I want to enjoy more. In 1978 I first appeared on TV, and in January 2013 for the last time. That means a career of 35 years. That science is enough for me. I don’t have to say goodbye. “