Frits Goldschmeding

Frederik Johannes Diederik "Frits" Goldschmeding (2 August 1933 – 26 July 2024) was a Dutch billionaire businessman, founder of Randstad NV, one of the largest staffing companies worldwide.

Early life Goldschmeding was born on 2 August 1933 as Frederik Johannes Diederik Goldschmeding. He had a doctorate from VU University Amsterdam.

Career Goldschmeding founded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen (later Randstad) with fellow economics student Ger Daleboudt in 1960, while studying at Amsterdam's Vrije University. The two came up with the idea for the business as they were cycling back from a fraternity party at 2:00 a.m. They established their first office in their dorm room. In 1964, they renamed it Randstad NV.

He was also a professor at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Nyenrode Business University.