Jitse Groen


Jitse Groen is a Dutch billionaire businessman and the founder of Takeaway.com. He is the current chief executive of Takeaway.com, and, since 2020, he is also the chief executive of Just Eat following its merger with Takeaway.com.

Career

Groen founded Takeaway.com in 2000, at the age of 21. He was a student at the University of Twente at the time. He came up with the idea after being unable to get a takeaway delivery in North Holland for a birthday celebration with his family. The nearest options for takeaway delivery were in Amsterdam, which was about away. Thuisbezorgd.nl started in the Netherlands, and in 2012, Groen raised €13 million to expand Takeaway.com to other countries. Groen took Takeaway.com public on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange in 2016, in order to fund expansion of Takeaway.com in Germany and other European countries.
In 2018, Groen chose to increase the commission for using the platform from 12 to 13%. In the same year, Groen took over Takeaway.com's main competitor in Germany, Delivery Hero. When Takeaway.com merged with British company Just Eat in 2020, Groen became chief executive of the merged organisation. Groen also owns 11.3% of the merged business; he previously owned 35% of Takeaway.com. In 2017, Quote magazine listed Groen as the Netherlands' richest self-made millionaire under 40. In 2018, he became a billionaire, as the interest on his Takeaway.com shares was over 1 billion euros.

Personal life

Groen has a bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology from the University of Twente. Groen lives in the Netherlands. In 2017, he bought a 9 bedroom house in Noordwijk that had had a guide price of €10.25 million. Few details about Groen's personal life are publicly known.