A few years later he returned to the Netherlands after being indicted for the death of 7 workers[3] and administration of the company was taken over by Jacob Theodoor Cremer who became its largest shareholder.
Deli Company's tobacco business was nationalized by Indonesia along with other Dutch enterprises in 1958 under Indonesian president Sukarno.
[6] The company was established in Medan, then just a village, but conveniently located at the confluence of the Deli and Babura Rivers.
[3] The company gained a commanding position in the area's tobacco trade, running 10 huge estates and eventually controlling exports with a monopoly.
[3] Beside the possessions in Dutch East Indies the Deli Company had a lot of assets[7] in both Amsterdam and Rotterdam to ensure smooth operations, e.g.: Cigar smoking declined in the 1920s and the industry was hit hard by the Great Depression a decade later.