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Prince Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David was born on 25 September 1968 in Utrecht, the second child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus. Friso grew up at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche. He received his primary education at the Nieuwe Baarnse School, and started his secondary education at Baarns Lyceum.

In 1981 the family moved to Den Haag, therefore Friso continued his secondary education at the Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum, he gained his VWO degree in 1986. From 1986 to 1988, the Prince studied mechanical engineering at the College of Engineering of the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He went on to study aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, he received work-experience training with the aircraft manufacturer McDonnell-Douglas in California. In 1994, Prince Johan Friso graduated in aerospace engineering management. His dissertation was on lead time reduction in the delivery of aircraft.
From 1990 to 1995, he also studied economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. On his 27th birthday, he was awarded his degree. The title of his dissertation was: The applicability and application of concurrent engineering in commercial aircraft development.

From 24 October 1995 to 31 December 1996, Prince Johan Friso was employed as a fellow by McKinsey and Company. In 1997, he resumed his studies at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) at Fontainebleau in France. The Prince was from 1 August till 30 June 2003 employed with the investment bankers Goldman, Sachs & Co. in London.
On 1 March 2004, Prince Johan Friso became a director of TNO Space, Delft.

The Prince is keen on sports, both as a participant and as a spectator. His leisure pursuits include golf and diving.

partly taken from the official site of the Royal Family