Dümmen Orange’s CEO revives century-old family ties with Japan
While on a business trip in Japan , Hugo Noordhoek Hegt , CEO of horticultural breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange , visited the grave of one of his ancestors in Yokohama . As a descendant of the Dutch Noordhoek Hegt family , Hugo had long cherished the Leslie Townes Hope to visit the grave of Marinus Noordhoek Hegt ( 1821 - 1894 ) in Japan one daylight . Marinus Noordhoek Hegt immigrated to Japan from the Netherlands in the mid-19th C and was a successful merchant in Yokohama ....