Jacques Boël
Jacques Pol Pascal Marie Ghislain Boël (31 March 1929 – 21 January 2022) was a Belgian industrialist.[1][2][3]
Jacques Boël | |
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| Born | Jacques Pol Pascal Marie Ghislain Boël 31 March 1929 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 21 January 2022 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | industrialist |
Boël studied for civil engineer. He headed among others the steelworks "Usines Gustave Boël". He sold the group's steel activities to Tata Steel Netherlands in 1997 and Duferco in 1999. From then he focused on the financial sector. Later he was a director at "Union Financière Boël" and chairman of Domanoy, a domain of 2200 ha in Court-Saint-Étienne owned by the Boël family.[1][2][3]
Boël married Sybille de Selys Longchamps (1941) on 11 September 1962, but divorced in 1978. Boës was known to the general public as the legal father for fifty years of Delphine Boël. However she could prove that she was the daughter of Albert II of Belgium and so became Princess of Belgium in 2020.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Jacques Boël (92) overleden: steenrijk, maar toch vooral bekend als niét de vader van prinses Delphine". VRT (in Nederlands). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jacques Boël, überdiscrete industrieel die de spotlights niet kon vermijden". De Tijd (in Nederlands). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "RIP – Jacques Boël en het geheim van Delphine". De Rijkste Belgen (in Nederlands). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.