Arie van Os
{{short description|Dutch businessman and financial director}}
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|caption= Van Os in 1989
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|birth_date= {{bya|1937}}
|birth_place=Amsterdam, Netherlands
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|occupation=Businessman
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Arie van Os (born 1937) is a Dutch businessman and financial director.{{cite web|url=http://www.ftm.nl/exclusive/hans-kroon-van-der-moolen-richard-den-drijver/ |title=Hans Kroon en Richard den Drijver duiken weer op |publisher=Follow The Money|date= 30 August 2013|accessdate=21 November 2013}}
Career
Arie van Os made his fortune as partner of the company Van der Moolen. In the eighties he was the director and chairman of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, together with his then flamboyant partner Hans Kroon.{{cite web|url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/international/article2324624.ece |title=Van der Moolen asks for creditor protection |publisher=NRC.nl|date= |accessdate=21 November 2013}}
In 1989 he became the financial director of AFC Ajax where his reputation grew.{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/581802/2001/06/01/Genadeloos-en-nors-maar-eerlijk.dhtml |title=Genadeloos en nors, maar eerlijk |publisher=Volkskrant.nl|date= |accessdate=21 November 2013}} He then spent three days in jail due to a tight policy on alleged tax malpractice on behalf of the club with the transfers of Michael Laudrup and Shota Arveladze.
His position at the club was then succeeded by Ajax banker Hein Blocks.{{cite web|url=http://www.mt.nl/1/815/home/arie-van-os-kruidenier-van-ajax.html |title=Arie van Os, kruidenier van Ajax |publisher=MT.nl |date= |accessdate=21 November 2013}}
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External links
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Category:Dutch chief executives
Category:Dutch corporate directors
Category:Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Category:Directors of football clubs in the Netherlands
Category:Dutch sports executives and administrators
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