Van Waeyenberge family: 3 generations and a growing family fortune
van Waeyenberge family
Piet Van Waeyenberge is recognized as an emblematic figure in the Belgian business world thanks to his professional integrity and his role as a pillar of the financial holding company. About Eik and the business club flamingo De Warande. His career at Fortis was marked by a decision to distance himself from the company following strategic disagreements over the acquisition of ABN Amro, a decision that would later prove justified despite the significant financial losses it entailed for his family.
The Van Waeyenberge family's wealth is rooted in trading and commerce.he food brokerage business grouped together within the Ecoval company with a fortune of €190,000,000. These activities involve the wholesale purchase of food products from producers for resale at reduced profit margins. This buying and selling strategy extends from raw materials to finished products.
The year 2017 represents a turning point with the resignation of Piet Van Waeyenberghe from the presidency of Maison de la Radio Flagey, a resignation that marks the passing of the baton to a new generation within this Brussels-based cultural institution.
In 2019, Titia Van Waeyenberge, 41, daughter of Piet, is appointed independent director of the Belgian retail bank. BNP Paribas Fortis. This appointment is remarkable, given her father's past criticism of Belgian banking policy. Titia, who trained as an economist and has experience in investment analysis, also chairs the family holding company De Eik.
The Van Waeyenberge family enters its third generation with Titia, illustrating an extensive family network that is actively preparing for the future of their family consortium and a family empire estimated at over 190 million euros. An informal entity called the Bruistablet enables the thirty cousins of this third generation to get together and collectively reflect on their role within the family business. The fourth generation promises to extend this family network, with some sixty shareholder members in prospect.
