Van Mossel: that name is suddenly displayed on more and more Flemish showrooms. From Ford to Peugeot, from Opel to Mercedes-Benz. Without distinction of brand, he swallows them all and has meanwhile become the Flemish market leader in car concessions. Portrait of the unknown ‘mussel man’ whose real name is Eric Berkhof (58). The son of a Flemish mother and Dutch father, he started in 1982 as an intern in a Volkswagen garage. Today he is one of the most successful businessmen in the Netherlands: “But every customer can still call me.”
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PORTRAIT. Who is that mysterious ‘Van Mossel’, the Dutch car emperor who buys up all Flemish garages? “Many little ones make one big one”
