What is Van Thillo?
The '''Van Thillo''' family is a Belgian entrepreneurial family, and one of the richest in Belgium. The family owns [[DPG Media]] (formerly ''De Persgroep''), one of the most important media groups in the [[Benelux]]. ==The family== The family consists of * Cyriel Van Thillo (1902-1992) **his sons [[#Ludo Van Thillo|Ludo Van Thillo]] (1931-2022), Joris Van Thillo and Herman Van Thillo and daughter Marleen Van Thillo ***his grandchildren [[Christian Van Thillo]], Martine Van Thillo, Ann Van Thillo, Caroline Van Thillo and Emmanuel Van Thillo. Also the husband of Ann Van Thillo, Christophe Convent, played an important role within ''De Persgroep''. ==History== In the 1970s the family owned the magazines ''Dag Allemaal'' and ''Joepie''.<ref name=ref1 /> In 1978 the family bought 50% of publisher J. Hoste, that was at the time owned by Flemish newspaper ''[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]''. Twelve years the family completely owned the publisher, and changed the name into ''De Persgroep''. Together with the Rossel group, they also acquired among others the financial newspapers ''[[De Tijd]]'' and ''[[L'Echo]]''. Togeher with [[Medialaan]] (50%), De Persgroep owned the other 50% of the [[Roularta Media Group]]. Nowadays [[DPG Media]] owns 100% of the shares of Medialaan.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://trends.knack.be/economie/bedrijven/ludo-van-thillo-erevoorzitter-van-dpg-media-overleden/article-belga-1920497.html |title=Ludo Van Thillo, erevoorzitter van DPG Media, overleden|work=[[Knack]]|date=10 December 2022|access-date=11 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2 /><ref name=ref3 /><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20221210_93289529 |title=Ondernemer Ludo Van Thillo (91) overleden: vader van DPG Media-topman Christian Van Thillo bouwde uitgeverij uit in jaren 80|work=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=10 December 2022|access-date=11 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://businessam.be/uitgever-ludo-van-thillo-dpg-media-overleden/ |title=Uitgever Ludo Van Thi