Flor Joosen (born Turnhout, 30 June 1952) is a Belgian businessman, who became well known for his caviar business. Since 1 July 2007, he is also president of UNIZO.
Flor Joosen graduated in economics at the Instituut voor Hoger Niet-Universitaire Studies (IHNUS) in Ghent.
Flor Joosen descends from a family of
millers, and the
windmill in the
Bokrijk museum is an old mill of the Joosen family business.
He started his career in the family business for
cattle (Joosen-Luyckx) and
fish feed (Joosen-Luyckx Aqua Bio). Later on, he became active in
poultry with Belki, a poultry
slaughterhouse.
In the eighties, he wanted to improve on the fish feed and contacted Willy Verdonck at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Out of this contact grew a fishfarm, which was the basis for a sturgeon nursery, and which led to the caviar business in the early nineties of the twentieth century.
Flor Joosen (born Turnhout, 30 June 1952) is a Belgian businessman, who became well known for his caviar business. Since 1 July 2007, he is also president of UNIZO.
Flor Joosen graduated in economics at the Instituut voor Hoger Niet-Universitaire Studies (IHNUS) in Ghent.
Flor Joosen descends from a family of
millers, and the
windmill in the
Bokrijk museum is an old mill of the Joosen family business.
He started his career in the family business for
cattle (Joosen-Luyckx) and
fish feed (Joosen-Luyckx Aqua Bio). Later on, he became active in
poultry with Belki, a poultry
slaughterhouse.
In the eighties, he wanted to improve on the fish feed and contacted Willy Verdonck at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Out of this contact grew a fishfarm, which was the basis for a sturgeon nursery, and which led to the caviar business in the early nineties of the twentieth century.