Tom Willaert
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Tom Willaert
@wom83
Ik kan alles een beetje, maar niets echt goed.
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen Beigetreten Temmuz 2009
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@AgrisAcademy @elonmusk I was on-call for the global Cargill MWTS (Windows Server) competence center, when I received a call to format all servers because the army was at the gates. Never escalated something quicker in my life.
Friends still don't believe the story when I tell them.
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My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill.
Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people.
1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside
2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime.
3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal.
4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material
5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours.
6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable.
7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets
8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen
9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry.
10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings.
This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first.
Jeff Kazin
Former head trading Cargill
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Waar liggen al die kaarsen ook al weer? #stroomuitval #zeeuwsvlaanderen
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F1 debutant die geen idee heeft wat de concurrentie allemaal doet weet zeker dat de achterstand minimaal zal zijn.
Man, wat ben ik opgelucht. Eindelijk weer eens lekker slapen vannacht.
Formule1.nl@Formule1
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@JScheurbuijck Nog net op tijd om het in volle charme mee te maken door Telstar. Nieuwbouw is onderweg: pzc.nl/terneuzen/scho…
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@jeroenscholte50 Het feit dat hij dat stoeltje nog heeft demotiveert het team al, mijns inziens. Maar goed, dat is niet het plan van papa. Hoewel hij af en toe prima resultaten haalt, is het ook vaak niet meer dan dat: prima. Gelukkig komt hij weinig in beeld, dat scheelt 😁
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Verstappen is nog steeds de best betaalde coureur in 2025 met $76 mln.
Maar hoe HOE HOE HOE is het in godsnaam mogelijk dat Lance FUCKIN' Stroll $1,5 mln aan BONUSSEN heeft verdiend?
Waarvoor krijgt hij een bonus? Het goed opzetten van z'n helm? Veters goed gestrikt? WTF?
Forbes@Forbes
Lando Norris may be F1 champion on the track, but it’s a different story in the race to financial supremacy. Here are the highest-paid F1 drivers of 2025: forbes.com/sites/brettkni… 📸: Illustration: Alice Lagarde for Forbes; Bryn Lennon/Formula-1 via Getty Images (3)
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@Chris123NT @tomwarren Rarcar will ask money, but you never pay and zipcar tells you the wrong time of arrival?
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@tomwarren In the face of intense competition with rarcar... Okay I'll see myself out 🤣
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@AverageRob Via Distrokid geüpload door label? Toevallig daar een album aangemaakt waar de track eerst als single stond? Als de datum van dat album nieuwer is dan de single, dan verdwijnt de single bij insta. Kunt dan resubmissions form opzoeken om deze opnieuw aan te melden bij insta.
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De ontmanteling van een Honda V10 waarmee Senna in de F1 heeft gereden. Dit voelt als therapie of ASMR. Het werkt in ieder geval ontspannend én is interessant!

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