Klaus J. Jacobs

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Klaus Johann Jacobs (born December 3, 1936 in Bremen ; † September 11, 2008 in Küsnacht ) was a German, later Swiss entrepreneur and patron .

biography

education and profession

After graduating from the Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium in Bremen, Jacobs studied at Stanford University . He then worked in the coffee and chocolate industry for several years in Central America. In 1961 he joined Joh. Jacobs & Co. as director of purchasing and marketing.

In 1970 Jacobs took over the management of the coffee trading company Joh. Jacobs + Co. , which his great-uncle Johann Jacobs had founded in Bremen's old town and which today belongs to Jacobs Douwe Egberts . In 1973 he moved the trading house to Zurich and in 1982 took over the Swiss company Interfood with the companies Tobler and Suchard (today part of Mondelēz International ). In 1984 he put on an art collection, which he made available to the public as the Jacobs Suchard Museum in Zurich, which included, among other things. Artwork by Georges Braque , George Grosz , Max Schlichting and Lesser Ury .

KJJ, as Klaus J. Jacobs was called in short by his friends and employees, became Swiss and represented the Swiss national team as a dressage rider as a member of the squad .

In 1990 he sold Jacobs Suchard AG to the Altria company because, according to his account, he had to pay off his siblings. Jacobs then ventured a fresh start with companies acquired from Werner K. Rey's bankruptcy estate. After several mergers, especially between Adia Interim (Klaus J. Jacobs) and the French Ecco (Philippe Foriel-Destezet), the company Adecco SA (temporary employment) emerged.

In addition, Jacobs still belonged to the Barry Callebaut company (production of raw chocolate / industrial chocolate) as a “leftover” from the Jacobs-Suchard sale to Philip Morris . The various holdings (including Infront ) are now managed by Jacobs Holding AG , based in Zurich.

Jacobs actually wanted to retire from business life on his 65th birthday and retire on his horse farm (Newsells Park Stud) near Oxford , England (the Fährhof stud, built by his father Walther J. Jacobs, also belongs to the Jacobs family). In the meantime, however, he was back at the head of Adecco after there had been differences of opinion on the Adecco Board of Directors with his business partner Philippe Foriel-Destezet.

social commitment

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Jacobs was socially committed and initiated the Chairman's Award in 1995. In 1988 he founded the Jacobs Foundation , which is dedicated to promoting young people. At the time of the asset transfer in 2001, the foundation's capital had an effective value of 1.5 billion Swiss francs; as of December 31, 2007 the value was 3.38 billion Swiss francs. This makes it one of the largest charitable foundations in Switzerland. She spends 35–40 million francs annually. In November 2006, Jacobs invested 200 million euros in the private International University Bremen , which was subsequently renamed Jacobs University.

Jacobs was also an important art patron.

Jacobs was a member of the World Scout Foundation , which financially supports the international scout movement, from 1996 to 1998 he was President of the Friends of the Hohe Tauern National Park , from 2003 a member of the administrative board of Opernhaus Zürich AG and member of the board of the Society of Friends of Bayreuth for several years .

family

Jacobs had two sons from his first marriage ( Christian Jacobs and Andreas Jacobs) and two sons and two daughters from a second marriage (with Renata Jacobs, née Fraschetti).

Jacobs died on September 11, 2008 at the age of 71 after a long illness of a brain tumor. He had a brain tumor removed in June 2007 and was hoping to overcome the disease by April 2008.

family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daniel Jacobs
1839–1908 married
. with Adelheid
1838–1871
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jacob Jacobs
1866–1952 married
. with Gesine
1881–1973
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Jacobs
1869–1958 married
. with Pauline
1874–1951
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Meta Ehlebracht
1904–1996
 
 Daniel Jacobs
1905-1998
 
 Walther Johann Jacobs
1907–1998 married
. married to Lore
1911–1977
. with Inge
1915-2007
 
 Johann Hinrich Jacobs
1909–1926
 
 Anita Juergens
1911-2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Klaus Johann Jacobs
1936–2008 married
. Silvia
married. with Renata
 
 
 Bärbel Jacobs
* 1939
 
 
 Petra Stelling
* 1943
 
 Jens Jacobs
* 1947
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johann Christian Jacobs
* 1962
 
 Andreas Jacobs
* 1963
 
 Lavinia Jacobs
* 1980
 
 Nicolas Jacobs
* 1982
 
 Philippe Jacobs
* 1984
 
 Nathalie Jacobs
* 1985


Klaus J. Jacobs Awards

The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize and the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize are awarded annually in honor of the entrepreneur and patron Klaus J. Jacobs, who died in 2008. The first award ceremony took place on December 3, 2009. The prizes are awarded by the Zurich Jacobs Foundation.

The prizes recognize “outstanding scientific and practical achievements that contribute to the successful development of young people”.

See Jacobs Foundation # Klaus J. Jacobs Awards

honors and awards

  • In 2005 Jacobs received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel .
  • In 2005 he received the education award from the University of Education in Zurich for his educational and youth projects.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ zeit.de 45/2006 of November 1, 2006
  2. ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/jacobs100.html ( Memento from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ manager-magazin.de of August 11, 2008
  4. ↑ Blick (November 23, 2005) "Jacobs - Coronation at 69!"
  5. ↑ Press Office of the Bremen Senate (April 16, 2008)
  6. ↑ Jon C. Halter: Strong Values, Strong Leaders . In: Scouting (Ed .: Boy Scouts of America), September 1999
  7. ^ In Support of World Scouting , Triennial Report 2005–2008, p. 75 ( Memento of March 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Klaus J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacobs, Klaus Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2008
Place of death Küsnacht