In Dutch, the name of the company was the Vereenigde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oostindische Compagnie (abbreviated as the VOC), literally the 'United Dutch … See more

While the VOC mainly operated in what later became the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia), the company also had important … See more

The seventeenth-century Dutch businessmen, especially the VOC investors, were possibly history's first recorded investors to … See more

(...) I don't understand why you're all being so negative and unpleasant. Let's just be happy with each other. Let's just say "the Netherlands can do it" again: that VOC mentality. Look … See more

Origins
Before the Dutch Revolt, which began in 1566/68, the Flemish city of Antwerp had played an important role as a distribution center in northern … See more

The company's global headquarters were in Amsterdam, although it had other posts in the Dutch cities of Delft, Enkhuizen, Hoorn See more

The company has been criticised for the results of its quasi-absolute commercial monopoly, colonialism, exploitation (including use of See more