ABOUT THE SCIPIO CORPORATION

The Scipio Corporation is a family owned holding and business platform, active in advisory & business development.

We specialise in alternative investment advisory & build upon a proud heritage of hundreds of years of family history as explorers, founders and business people, with solid roots in Europe and Asia.

The modern day Scipio family name originates from Mr. Frans Stok (born 1561, died 1631 in The Netherlands), who was ordained as a minister under the Latin name of Franciscus Scipio in the Reformed German-Dutch Church during the Eighty Years war, that led to the establishment and recognition of the Dutch Republic. 

Franciscus had two sons of which one (Isaac Scipio) travelled to the newly developing Colonies of the Dutch East Indies. Isaac Scipio’s daughter, Maria Scipio, married Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of modern day Cape Town. Isaac and Maria continued to Batavia (Jakarta) and stayed in Indonesia until their deaths (in 1646 & 1695). 

During his life and time in modern day Indonesia, Isaac Scipio travelled across the Indonesian archipelago to spread the word of god and laid the foundation of the Indonesian roots of the Scipio family.

Following generations of Scipio’s integrating and living on the island of Java, the family invested in real estate in The Hague, the Netherlands, and returned to the Netherlands in 1913, starting the family business.