# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessel-kok
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:02:40.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessel-kok"
name: "Bessel Kok"
slug: "bessel-kok"
description: "Bessel Kok is a Dutch businessman and chess organiser living in Prague. He has served in top management positions in telecommunications companies in Belgium (Belgacom) and in the Czech Republic. He was also President of the Belgian-based Banking communications company SWIFT and responsible for SWIFT's sponsorship of several major International chess events."
tagline: "Dutch businessman and chess organiser"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1941-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.809
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "بيسيل كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_Kok"
    title: "Bessel Kok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump