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Amsterdam as the Cradle of the Stock Exchange: A Conversation on the VOC and Mergers

In this third episode of the podcast series ‘Amsterdamse Handelsgeest, we discuss how the VOC and the stock exchange originated in Amsterdam. How did the VOC and the first stock exchange started as organisations? And what lasting impact did they have on trade? Together with historian Lodewijk Petram and Wouter Helder, lawyer-partner Corporate/M&A at Lexence, podcast creator Hidde Bruinsma discusses the important role of the pre-companies and the VOC for trade in Amsterdam.

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