Kees Koolen (born 19 August 1965 in Bergeijk, North Brabant) is a Dutch rally raid racer and businessman.

[4] When Uber placed its headquarters in Amsterdam, Koolen was named by Travis Kalanick as COO.

Simultaneously, Koolen founded Agri Brasil, a conglomerate of large dairy farms.

by PVV States member Erik Veltmeijer in newspaper Dagblad De Gelderlander.

Veltmeijer speaks of 'a complete failure' and qualifies director Kees Koolen of Lithium Werks en passant as a day dreamer.

[6] For the 2010 Dakar Rally, Koolen and his team raced a McRae Enduro buggy.

The team entered two GoKoBra's, one for Koolen and one for teammate Jurgen van den Goorbergh.

Koolen was not the only participant racing through a protected area in the Atacama Desert, Matteo Cassucio was also arrested.

After his retirement an incident with a helicopter caused his quad (without rider) to drop fifty meters to the ground.