Tag: Maurist ‘Maup’ Caransa

For many years the name Caransa was, to the Dutch, virtually synonymous for millionair. Born in 1916 as the son of a coal merchant, Caransa became a self-made millionair after the Second War War by dealing in oil, cars, and discarded British and U.S. army material.

Later — at a time when real estate was still relatively inexpensive — he concentrated on buying real estate properties, mainly in Amsterdam