eventually went to Jan Callewaert. In 2010, the exclusivity contract between VRT and Woestijnvis was not renewed. That year Vandenhaute was made CEO of De Vijver, the holding company whose properties included Woestijnvis, 49 percent of the Humo magazine. In 2011, De Vijver purchased with Corelio and Sanoma Media TV channels VT4 and VIJFtv for an amount estimated between 100 and 150 million. After the acquisition VT4 was renamed VIER [Four] and VIJFtv to VIJF [Five]. In 2012 with purchase complete, Woestijnvis on air talent and programs were transferred to VIER. In 2014, Sanoma share in De Vijver was sold to Telenet, which became one of the three shareholders of the holding company. As a term of the deal, the weekly magazine Humo again became wholly owned by Sanoma. In 2015, Vandenhaute was made chairman of the board of directors of De Vijver and therefore quit as CEO of the holding company. Other projects In 2009, Vandenhaute who is an avid cycling fan, bought Flemish cycling classics like the Tour of Flanders and the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. A year later he founded Flanders Classics. Since then Flanders Classics is responsible for the organization of six Flemish cycling classics (Tour of Flanders, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Gent–Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs and Brabantse Pijl). In 2011 Vandenhaute endured much criticism when he announced that would be removing the climb of the Muur van Geraardsbergen from the route of the Tour of Flanders. Vandenhaute is also a supporter of football club RSC Anderlecht. In 2009 it became known that he was even in the picture as a shareholder of the football club. In January 2021 he succeeded Marc Coucke as chairman of RSC Anderlecht. Vandenhaute is owner of the restaurant Couvert Couvert in Egenhoven (Heverlee). In November 2005, the restaurant received a Michelin star. He is also good friends with the Belgian chef Geert Van Hecke. He is a member of the advisory board of the Itinera Institute think-tank. References External links Woestijnvis IMDb profile 1962 births Living people Flemish businesspeople Flemish journalists