Nyenrode Business Universiteit (abbreviated as NBU; Dutch: Nyenrode Business Universiteit) is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht. The educational institution is named after the castle where the course is located: Nijenrode castle. Nyenrode was founded under the name of the Netherlands Training Institute for Abroad (NOIB in Dutch) by renowned private Dutch companies, including KLM, Shell, Unilever, Philips and AkzoNobel with an objective- ‘For Business, By Business’. The establishment was the result of an idea from KLM director Albert Plesman.
Alumni
- Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
- Antony Burgmans, former chairman of Unilever
- Peter Burggraaff, Director at Boston Consulting Group
- Robert Polet, former chairman of Gucci
- Hein Verbruggen, The International Olympic Committee member
- Jeroen Hoencamp, Chief Operating Officer VodafoneZiggo
- Jan Kees de Jager, former Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
- Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, Sri Lanka
- Albert Heijn, executive in Albert Heijn supermarket chain
- Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, member of the House of Representatives
- Willem Oltmans, journalist
- Oleksiy Pavlenko, Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food
- Janwillem van de Wetering,