Career
Noortman, born in Heemstede opened his first gallery in Hulsberg. In 1974 he expanded to London and later also towards Maastricht and New York City. In 1980 he would move his Hulsberg gallery to Maastricht and merge it with the already existing gallery there, while he closed his foreign galleries.
In June 2006 he sold his last gallery for 44 million euros and still remained in function as a director
Foreign fun Noortman studied for and graduated as a commercial pilot and later flew through twelve European countries in one single day by daylight. This record was named in the Guinness Book of Records.