Background
Reijtenbagh grew up in the Netherlands.
Reijtenbagh grew up in the Netherlands.
He graduated from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, formerly Catholic University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), in 1975 with a degree in general medicine.
Early Life and Reijtenbagh was awarded a scholarship under the Fulbright Program to study cardiology at Northwestern University in Chicago. During his studies Reijtenbagh voluntarily worked for the Acworth Leprosy Hospital in Mumbai. Reijtenbagh ran a general care practice in Almelo (the Netherlands) from 1975 until 1990.
Reijtenbagh has always had an interest in the financial markets.
From his days as a student he has been actively involved and his investments have primarily focused on global macro and discretionary long/short investing. He founded Plaza in 1985 in the Netherlands to invest across various asset classes.
Reijtenbagh manages all activities since 1995 from Plaza’s headquarters in Monaco. Reijtenbagh is an avid art collector whose collection includes and has included works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Kees van Dongen, Giorgio de Chirico, Edgar Degas and Pierre Bonnard, among others
In September 2008, Reijtenbagh sold a famous work of art - Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde’s “The bend in the Herengracht” - to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for an undisclosed sum.
The work was previously displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, District of Columbia In 2009, 29 paintings from the collection were seized by New York City deputy sheriffs acting under a court order to collect unpaid debts. In March 2009, Cr Suisse’s Strategic Partners investment advisory group sued Reijtenbagh for breach of a cr agreement, alleging amongst others fraudulent misrepresentation and improper transfer of assets by Reijtenbagh and others The litigation was based on a material adverse change (MAC) in circumstances.
Reijtenbagh reached an amicable settlement with Justice of the Peace Morgan Chase in September 2009.