Age, Biography and Wiki
Joost de Valk was born on 16 February, 1982, is an Entrepreneur. Discover Joost de Valk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?
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Entrepreneur, App developer |
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42 years old |
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Aquarius |
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16 February, 1982 |
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16 February |
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He is a member of famous Entrepreneur with the age 42 years old group.
Joost de Valk Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Joost de Valk height not available right now. We will update Joost de Valk's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Joost de Valk Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Joost de Valk worth at the age of 42 years old? Joost de Valk’s income source is mostly from being a successful Entrepreneur. He is from . We have estimated
Joost de Valk's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Entrepreneur |
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Timeline
In January 2019 De Valk stepped down as CEO to become Chief Product Officer for Yoast and began working for WordPress in marketing. De Valk's wife Marieke van de Rakt, took over as director (CEO) of Yoast. De Valk left his position with WordPress after six months citing a failure to see his place in the organization. De Valk and his wife are investors in blockchain startup WordProof.
The software that De Valk created runs on more than nine million websites and on 11.4% of the top million sites in the world. On WordPress, the De Valk SEO software has been downloaded five million times. Michael David, the author of WordPress Search Engine Optimization (2015), referred to it as "the granddaddy of all SEO plugins".
When De Valk was twelve years old he borrowed money from his parents for a computer; he then began building websites. He attended the University of Applied Sciences and continued in Internet Technology. At 24 years old he became a father. De Valk married Marieke van de Rakt and together they had four children. Marieke was a professor with a Ph.D and she left her job in 2013 to support Yoast SEO.
At first, the Yoast company was to consult before he developed both the Yoast SEO plugin and a Google Analytics plugin, both for WordPress. In 2012, De Valk released a premium version of Yoast SEO. In April 2016, Yoast BV sold the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. In June 2020, Yoast acquired the Duplicate Post plugin, another very popular WordPress plugin.
Joost de Valk is an entrepreneur and application software developer from Wijchen, Netherlands who is best known for Yoast SEO. De Valk started out as a consultant and blogger in 2004 before developing Yoast, one of the most successful plug-ins for WordPress.
De Valk started out as a consultant for companies like: eBay, The Guardian, Disney, and other major companies. Working on the plugin was a hobby in his spare time. De Valk started a blog in 2004, and by 2005 his website for SEO was named "joostdevalk.nl". After moving to and eventually selling the domain "css3.info", de Valk created the Yoast platform in 2007, and launched the first version of WordPress SEO in 2010, and founded the company Yoast BV in 2010.
