He said he could not obtain tertiary education, but like many other younger people, he left the Netherlands and began to work, instead.
[4] As Berkhout recounted, some of his family members lived in Australia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa following the World War II.
In September 2008, he retired and sold Spectrum Books Limited alongside Soladayo Ogunniyi, stepping down as its executive chairman.
Two weeks later, he was agitated and decided to resume publishing with Safari Books Limited.
[1] Till his death, Berkhout served as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbarha, Delta State, Nigeria.
Business Day reported that Berkhout adopted Nigeria as his home, living for about 60 years in that country till his demise.
[1] Berkhout got an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) award from the Nigerian government.
As of 2020, his eldest son worked as a professor in King's College London, the next two lived in the UK, and the last one an architect in Lagos.
Although in his small autobiography, as stated by a Punch Nigeria interviewer, he wanted to be a pope as a child.