Jacobs Holding

Jacobs Holding AG
legal form	Corporation
Seat	Zurich , Switzerland
management	Patrick De Maeseneire ; ( CEO ); Nicolas Jacobs ; ( Co-President of the BoD ); Philippe Jacobs ; ( Co-President of the BoD );
Branch	Holding company
Website	www.jacobsag.ch

The Jacobs Holding AG is an investment company headquartered in Zurich . It was founded by Klaus J. Jacobs .

Field of activity

The company invests in companies that are market leaders in their field .

After the sale of 10.1% in Adecco in 2014, the 50.1% stake in Barry Callebaut remained in focus. In November 2018, 2.4% Barry Callebaut shares were sold to investors.

In September 2018, the Holding took over Cognita (see Quinton House School ) from Bregal Investments and KKR .

In addition, the holding company owns two companies in Great Britain and Argentina which specialize in the agribusiness sector.

With the Colosseum Dental Group, Jacobs Holding is building a network of dental practices. The group now has 230 practices with 1,000 dentists across Europe.

organization

The holding company has a two-tier organizational structure, the board of directors and the management .

The Board of Directors is the highest decision-making body and is responsible for the long-term success of the company.

Co-Presidents of the Board of Directors are Nicolas and Philippe Jacobs, the other four members are Andreas Jacobs , Patrick Firmenich , Conrad Meyer and Renata Jacobs.

The management is responsible for the implementation of the daily investment management as well as for the implementation of the company's vision, mission and strategy.

Patrick De Maeseneire ( CEO ) is the head of the four-person management . The other members are Tomas Aubell as Head of Investments, Philip Buergin as Head of Value Creation and Michael Tuchschmid as CFO / Corporate Secretary. The extended management team includes Patric Somlo, Andreas Tolpeit and Karun Dhurjati (Investment Manager), Peter Stulz (Accounting and Controlling) and Andreas Zimmermann (Treasurer).

Web links

Jacobs Holding AG website (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Barry Callebaut: Family Shareholders Agree to Ban on Sale. In: fuw.ch . November 23, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
^ Jacobs Brothers: "We like to dream big". In: Handelszeitung . Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
↑ Jacobs Holding takes over Cognita from Bregal Investments and KKR. In: jacobsag.ch. September 3, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
↑ The locusts are coming - is the end of the individual dental practice in sight? Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
↑ Tanja Wolf: Big investors buy dental practices: Making big money with teeth . In: Spiegel Online . May 30, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 24, 2019]).

[1] Barry Callebaut: Family Shareholders Agree to Ban on Sale. In: fuw.ch . November 23, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .

[2] Jacobs Brothers: "We like to dream big". In: Handelszeitung . Retrieved June 24, 2019 .

[3] Jacobs Holding takes over Cognita from Bregal Investments and KKR. In: jacobsag.ch. September 3, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .

[4] The locusts are coming - is the end of the individual dental practice in sight? Retrieved June 24, 2019 .

[5] Tanja Wolf: Big investors buy dental practices: Making big money with teeth . In: Spiegel Online . May 30, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 24, 2019]).