{"id":3989,"date":"2024-07-17T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:00:55","slug":"jan-vande-velden-znu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/jan-vande-velden-znu\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Vande Velden: The Strategic Architect behind the 50 Million Euro ZNU Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jan Vande Velden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-yvonne-schaltin-znu\/\">Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij (ZNU)<\/a><\/strong>based in Lier, is a profitable and influential publishing house. With a capital of <strong>50 815 000 \u20ac<\/strong>The company's financial situation is growing. Currently managed by<a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-frieda-schaltin-znu\/\"> three Schaltin sisters, <\/a>the company benefited from the visionary leadership of Jan Vande Velden, who was appointed Managing Director.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/znu.jpeg\" alt=\"znu company logo of Frieda Schaltin and Hilde Schaltin\" class=\"wp-image-4750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/znu.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/znu-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under his leadership, ZNU has acquired a significant stake of <strong>37 %<\/strong> in Standaard Boekhandel in 1994. ZNU later became the majority shareholder in this chain, and also acquired control of Club, the main bookshop chain in Wallonia. ZNU books are published in Flanders under the name of <strong>Deltas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boy-jacket-hat-reaching-book-from-bookshelf-library-learning-education-european-kids-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"reading a book by Jan Vande Velden\" class=\"wp-image-4761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/boy-jacket-hat-reaching-book-from-bookshelf-library-learning-education-european-kids-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/boy-jacket-hat-reaching-book-from-bookshelf-library-learning-education-european-kids-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/boy-jacket-hat-reaching-book-from-bookshelf-library-learning-education-european-kids-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/boy-jacket-hat-reaching-book-from-bookshelf-library-learning-education-european-kids-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Vande Velden began by working closely with <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-hilde-schaltin-znu\/\">Father Schaltin<\/a>. The aim of their partnership was to integrate Vande Velden into the company's capital. However, this project was abandoned following the unexpected death of Schaltin senior after a short illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/teenagers-reading-staircase-library-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"children reading on the stairs by Frieda Schaltin and Hilde Schaltin\" class=\"wp-image-4783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/teenagers-reading-staircase-library-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/teenagers-reading-staircase-library-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/teenagers-reading-staircase-library-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan Vande Velden, Managing Director of Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij (ZNU), played a crucial role in transforming this publishing house into a flourishing literary empire. Under his visionary leadership, Lier-based ZNU, with capital of 50.8 million euros, has undergone remarkable expansion. The strategic acquisition of 37% from Standaard Boekhandel in 1994, followed by the acquisition of majority control, propelled ZNU to the forefront of the Flemish publishing market. Vande Velden, initially a close collaborator of Father Schaltin, skilfully navigated the publishing landscape, extending ZNU's influence into Wallonia with the acquisition of the Club chain. His leadership enabled ZNU to establish itself as a key player in Belgian publishing, publishing under the Deltas name in Flanders.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,120,10],"tags":[5,122,32,27,121,12],"class_list":["post-3989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audiovisuel","category-livres","category-media","tag-belgique","tag-edition","tag-entreprise-familiale","tag-flandre","tag-livres","tag-media"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":14,"label":"Audiovisuel"},{"value":120,"label":"Livres"},{"value":10,"label":"Media"}],"post_tag":[{"value":5,"label":"Belgique"},{"value":122,"label":"Edition"},{"value":32,"label":"Entreprise Familiale"},{"value":27,"label":"Flandre"},{"value":121,"label":"Livres"},{"value":12,"label":"Media"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/woman-thinking-what-read-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Martin Moth\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/author\/mmothe\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":14,"name":"Audiovisuel","slug":"audiovisuel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":14,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":233,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":14,"category_count":233,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Audiovisuel","category_nicename":"audiovisuel","category_parent":0},{"term_id":120,"name":"Livres","slug":"livres","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":120,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":54,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":120,"category_count":54,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Livres","category_nicename":"livres","category_parent":0},{"term_id":10,"name":"Media","slug":"media","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":10,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":196,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":10,"category_count":196,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Media","category_nicename":"media","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Belgique","slug":"belgique","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":287,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":122,"name":"Edition","slug":"edition","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":122,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":32,"name":"Entreprise Familiale","slug":"entreprise-familiale","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":182,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":27,"name":"Flandre","slug":"flandre","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":200,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":121,"name":"Livres","slug":"livres","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":121,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":37,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":12,"name":"Media","slug":"media","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":152,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}