Freddy Heineken

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Alfred Henry Heineken (4 November 1923 – 3 January 2002) was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company created in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. He served as president-director from 1953 until 1971 and chairman of the board of directors and CEO from 1971 until 1989. After his retirement as chairman and CEO, Heineken continued to sit on the board of directors until his death and served as chairman of the supervisory board from 1989 to 1995. At the time of his death, Heineken was one of the richest people in the Netherlands, with a net worth of 9.5 billion guilders.<ref>Template:In lang Freddy Heineken Template:Webarchive, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, 10 December 2005</ref>

Early lifeEdit

Heineken was born on 4 November 1923 in Amsterdam. He was the son of Henry Pierre Heineken, actually son of his future stepfather Julius Daniel Alfred Petersen, president-director of Heineken between 1917 and 1941, married secondly in Paris on 28 January 1948 to Suzanne Jeanne Berthier, who died in Paris on 16 June 1949, and his first wife (m. Aerdenhout, 15 April 1919 and sep. 2 April 1946) Carla Breitenstein (b. Bloemendaal, January 1901), and grandson of Gerard Adriaan Heineken, who was the founder of the brewery Heineken International.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

On 1 June 1941, he entered the service of the Heineken company, which by then was no longer owned by the family. He bought back stock several years later, to ensure the family controlled the company again. He created the Heineken Holding that owned 50.005% of Heineken International; he held a majority stake in Heineken Holding. By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had transformed Heineken from a brand that was known primarily in the Netherlands into a brand name recognized worldwide.

KidnappingEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and released on payment of a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders (around 15,800,000 euros or 17,332,600 US dollars). The kidnappers – Cor van Hout, Willem Holleeder, Jan Boellaard, Frans Meijer, and Martin Erkamps – were eventually caught and served prison terms. Before being extradited, Van Hout and Holleeder stayed for more than three years in France, first on the run, then in prison, and then, awaiting a change of the extradition treaty, under house arrest, and finally in prison again. Meijer escaped and lived in Paraguay for years, until he was discovered by crime reporter Peter R. de Vries and imprisoned there. In 2003, Meijer stopped resisting his extradition to the Netherlands and was transferred to a Dutch prison to serve the last part of his term.

The films The Heineken Kidnapping (2011) and Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015) are based on this incident.

Personal lifeEdit

Heineken married in Rye, New York, on 28 August 1948 Martha Lucille Cummins, born on 29 October 1925, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers, daughter of Charles Warrell Cummins (Louisville, Kentucky, 1 November 1891 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, 6 December 1964), distiller, and wife (m. Clark County, Indiana, 13 April 1920) Mary Margaret Ann Howard (b. Howardstown, Kentucky, 4 June 1900), paternal granddaughter of Arthur Cummins (Indiana or Kentucky, October 1859 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, 29 June 1924), distiller,<ref>Son of Patrick Cummins (b. County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland, ca. 1833), coach painter in 1860, and wife Margaret (b. Ireland, ca. 1825) and paternal grandson of Arthur Cummins (County Carlow, Ireland - Kentucky), who emigrated to the USA in 1855 and lived first in New Jersey and later in Louisville, Kentucky, and wife Ellen Whalen.</ref> and wife (m. Bardstown, Kentucky, 4 February 1891) Harriet Hulett Warrell (b. Kentucky, January 1864)<ref>Daughter of Henry Warrell (b. Michigan Territory, 1834), shoemaker in Bardstown, Kentucky, in 1880, and wife Emma.</ref> and maternal granddaughter of Francis Milburn Howard<ref>Son of Augustine Howard (b. 26 November 1822 - 24 July 1888) and second wife (m. 22 November 1853) Elizabeth Frances Boone (5 June 1824 - 7 September 1878, a relative of Daniel Boone), and paternal grandson of Joseph E. Howard (18 March 1799 - 11 March 1879, son of William Howard and wife Anna Clarke) and wife (m. Washington County, Kentucky, 25 August 1821) Mary Elizabeth Pike (24 February 1807 - 26 January 1875, daughter of John Pike and wife Rebecca Mattingly).</ref> and wife Victoria Teresa Cambron (b. 1864).<ref>Daughter of Henry Parker Cambron (b. Holy Cross, Kentucky, 17 February 1829 - Howardstown, Kentucky, 25 January 1906) and first wife (m. Nelson County, Kentucky, 30 September 1851) Mary Margaret Ann Nevitt (Marion County, Kentucky, 6 April 1831 - Nelson County, Kentucky, 7 January 1891), paternal granddaughter of John B. Cambron (b. Nelson County, Kentucky, ca. 1792, son of James Melborne Cambron and wife) and wife (m. Nelson County, Kentucky, 2 April 1825) Mary Richardson and maternal granddaughter of Joseph Nevitt and wife Ann Adams.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heineken was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).<ref>Template:In lang Schaduwkoning van Nederland – Profiel: Alfred Heineken, De Groene Amsterdammer, 12 January 2002</ref>

In 1989, Heineken illegally destroyed the Villa Böhler in Oberalpina, designed by Heinrich Tessenow from 1916 to 1918.<ref>Template:In lang [1], Terrasse der Villa Böhler in Oberalpina (Via Alpina 39). Erbaut von Heinrich Tessenow 1916-18. Nach 5-jährigen Streitereien 1989 von Alfred Heineken illegal abgebrochen.</ref>

Heineken struggled for some time with deteriorating health; in 1999 he suffered a mild stroke but recovered. Shortly before his death, he broke his arm in a fall. He died from pneumonia on 3 January 2002 at the age of 78 at his home in Noordwijk in the presence of his immediate family, including his daughter Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who inherited his fortune.<ref>Template:In lang Freddy Heineken overleden Template:Webarchive, Telegraaf, 4 January 2002</ref><ref>Template:In lang Freddy Heineken overleden, NU.nl, 4 January 2002</ref> He was buried at the General Cemetery in Noordwijk.