Quoteis a Dutchmagazinewith editorial offices based inAmsterdam,notable for publishing theQuote 500,a list of the 500 wealthiest people in theNetherlandstogether with their relative financial position, similar to the list produced byForbes.The magazine is published byHearst Communications.
 Cover of the October 2024 issue | |
| Editor | Paul van Riessen |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Jort Kelder, Sander Schimmelpenninck |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Luc van Os |
| Founder | Maarten van den Biggelaar |
| First issue | November 1986 |
| Company | Hearst Communications |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Based in | Amsterdam |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0920-8275 |
Quoteis published monthly and provides information aboutbusiness,money,careers,networksand lives of people at the top. In December 1999, the magazine was named "Magazine of the Year" by theNederlandse Uitgeversbond(Dutch Publishers Association).
History
editFirst published in November 1986, and named for a term for astock price,Quotewas sold by the founder, Maarten van den Biggelaar, and two friends toHachette Filipacchi Médias(HFM) on July 21, 2006. Chief editorJort Kelderthen stepped down in April 2007 after more than thirteen years at the helm.
In November 2002,Quotepublished the first picture of real estate speculatorWillem Endstratogether with released felonWillem Holleeder,who had served a prison sentence as the convictedkidnapperof beer magnateAlfred Heineken.The two were sitting on a bench outside Endstra's offices in theAmsterdam Oud-Zuidborough. Endstra, who had always denied his links with the underworld, filed for apreliminary injunctiondemanding thatQuotebe withdrawn from sale. He said he feared for his safety. Initially, his claim was upheld, but a few days later the injunction was overturned. Endstra was murdered two years later, and Holleeder was reimprisoned after having been convicted on a charge of extortion.
In November 2003, the editor ofQuotewas shot; the culprit was never found. A few days earlier, the home of Van den Biggelaar was shot at as well.
In January 2005,Quotewas in the headlines with a claim that in 1998, Nina Brink, the founder ofWorld Online,a DutchInternet service provider,had been involved in a premeditatedsex scandaland was forced to resign. Brink announced that she would take legal action, but failed to bring a lawsuit. A declaration that she subsequently filed with the Amsterdam public prosecutor to support herlibelclaim was declared inadmissible in May due to the lack of solid legal basis.
On 1 November 2011, Mirjam van den Broeke succeeded Sjoerd van Stokkum as the new editor. Former editor Jort Kelder temporarily returned to the business magazine as advisor to the new editor. Since November 2016 Sander Schimmelpenninck has been the editor. Schimmelpenninck, who was named Dutch editor-in-chief of the year in 2019, was succeeded by Paul van Riessen in 2021. He is currently still editor-in-chief and is supported by deputy Barbara Rijlaarsdam. Bastian van de Belt, Tim Berbers, Malu de Bont, Iris Hermans, Nick de Jager, Tim Jansen and Jeroen Molenaar also work for Quote as permanent editors. The magazine was included in the sale of HFM international business toHearst Communicationsthat year and since then, published by Hearst Netherlands.
Copies
editTotal paid circulation, as verified byHet Oplage Instituut(HOI), the Dutch institute for media auditing, affiliated withAudit Bureau of Circulations.
- 2000: 36,663
- 2010: 48,181
- 2011: 51,227
- 2012: 51,515