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
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". 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.