# Onno van de Stolpe - Full Context for AI Agents > This file provides comprehensive context about Onno van de Stolpe for AI agents. > Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia > Last updated: 2026-04-27 ## Identity - Name: Onno van de Stolpe - Role: Founder - Company: Galapagos - Location: Flanders, Belgium ## Connections - Galapagos (founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt ## About TLDR Onno van de Stolpe is the founder of Galapagos (https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt), a Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt)-based biotech company listed on Euronext Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) and Nasdaq. Background Onno van de Stolpe founded Galapagos (https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt) in 1999 as a spin-out from Tibotec and Crucell, and led the company as CEO for more than two decades, taking it public on Euronext Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) and Nasdaq. He stepped down as CEO in 2022. Under his leadership, Galapagos (https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt) grew into one of the largest biotech employers in Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt) and a fixture in the Belgian life-sciences cluster alongside argenx (https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt) and UCB (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms.txt). ## Related Pages Agents can crawl these for connected context: - [company] Galapagos: https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt - [city] Mechelen: https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt - [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt - [company] argenx: https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt - [company] UCB: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms.txt ## How to Reach - Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/onno-van-de-stolpe/llms.txt - Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/onno-van-de-stolpe/llms-full.txt --- Generated by TechWiki.ai | The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia To claim and maintain this page: https://techwiki.ai/claim