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Christian Leysen is a Belgian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the Leysen Group, a diversified holding company with interests in media, entertainment, real estate, and technology. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of the European Media and Entertainment Association (EMEA). Leysen was born in Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium, on 4 August 1954. He studied economics at the University of Antwerp and graduated in 1977. He then went on to pursue a career in business, founding the Leysen Group in 1981. Leysen has been involved in a number of high-profile business deals, including the acquisition of the Belgian television channel VTM in 1995, the purchase of the Belgian newspaper De Morgen in 1997, and the acquisition of the Dutch television channel SBS in 2003. He has also been involved in the development of the Belgian film industry, and is a major shareholder in the Belgian film production company, A-Film. Leysen is a member of the board of directors of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS). He is also a member of the board of trustees of the European Media and Entertainment Association (EMEA). Leysen is married to his wife, Els, and they have two children.

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Occupation Businessman
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 4 August, 1954
Birthday 4 August
Birthplace Wilrijk
Nationality Belgium

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2004

Leysen is a member of the board of Agidens (formerly Egemin) and member of the Supervisory board of K&H Bank (Hungary). He was Chairman of the Antwerp Management School (formerly called UAMS) from 2004 till 2016. Today he is chairman of the International Advisory Board. He is a founding member and was the first chairman of ADM (a cluster of about 100 IT related companies) and of the Belgian Enterprise Network for Social Cohesion (renamed Business & Society and subsequently 'The Shift').

2000

In 2000, Christian Leysen, a member of the Open Vld was elected in the Antwerp city council. Urban planning is his main interest. He was also active in the debate of the Lange Wapperbrug [nl] and the Oosterweel Link.

1976

Born in Wilrijk as son of André Leysen, Leysen obtained a Commercial engineer - Master's degree in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1976. There he was president of the fraternity "$olvay" in 1974-1975.

Leysen started his career in 1976 with Arthur Andersen & Co, the international audit and consulting company. In 1981 he joined GB Inno BM, the largest Belgian retail group, where he was in charge of the Maxi division’s logistics and organisation. In 1984 he founded the information technology service provider Xylos. In 1989 he took over daily management of Ahlers, an Antwerp-based shipping company and made it a logistical and maritime service provider. In 1994, he brought Ahlers back into private ownership through a buy-out operation of Stinnes AG (Mülheim) and became Chairman of the Board.

1954

Christian Leysen (born 1954) is a Belgian businessman, and Chairman of the International Advisory board of Antwerp Management School, who developed several Belgian ventures to large international companies.