Business View Caribbean, July/August 2018

48 49 AQUARIUS CARIBBEAN business. She spends long days at the helm, alongside her father, mother, and husband, charting the course for continued success of one of Curaçao’s best regarded home build- ing entities. Business View Carib- bean recent- ly asked van Lieshout to share the fascinating Aquarius Caribbean story. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. BVC: Danielle, how did Aquarius Caribbean begin? van Lieshout: “My father took over the original construction business in the Netherlands from his grandfather, and we moved to Curaçao as a family 11 years ago.Wanting to leave the hectic lifestyle of the Netherlands, my parents first tried Spain, Portugal, Italy, but always the language was a barrier.We had some friends in Curaçao who asked us to visit. That was 13 years ago. Back then, the island was very quiet; we also DANIELLE VAN LIESHOUT DIRECTOR OF AQUARIUS CARIBBEAN