Lars Valentin Jacobsson

Lars Jacobsson
Born Lars Jacobsson
May 11, 1965
Gothenburg, Sweden
Residence Hovås, Gothenburg, Sweden
Citizenship Swedish
Alma mater Marketing Economist
Occupation Entrepreneur
Years active 1985–present
Known for oil industry, environmentalist
Notable work Founder of the Oil Contago.
Home town Gothenburg
Title entrepreneur
Term 25
Movement The Perfect World Foundation
Religion Christian

Lars Jacobsson, (born 11 May 1965), is a Swedish entrepreneur,[1] inventor,[2] philanthropist, and conservationist.

Jacobsson originally worked in the oil business,[3] where he was involved in starting up storage, trading and shipping companies, as well as being the inventor of the oil Contango market in the early 1990s.[4][5][6]

In early 2000 he sold his oil related businesses.[7][8] Since 2005 he has, among others, been involved in starting up two solar energy companies.[9][10] Jacobsson's company United Sun Systems International develops solar energy technology.

Together with his wife Ragnhild (Rags) Jacobsson, he founded The Perfect World Foundation, a non-profit and independent Swedish based organisation that promotes conservation. In 2014 the organisation held the largest ever, in Scandinavia, fundraising gala and wildlife & environmental conference[11] in favour of the endangered rhinos and elephants, with participants from all over the world. Jacobbson and his wife working with, as ambassadors, the London-based organisation Elephant Family to save the asian elephants.[12][13][14]

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at a private event in Stockholm, Mr and Mrs Jacobsson on behalf of The Perfect World Foundation honored Jane Goodall with the "The Fragile Rhino" prize along with naming her conservationist of the year for 2015.[15]

In September 2016 Mr & Mrs Jacobsson organised a large fundraising event "Save The Elephant", a ball with participants from all over the world. During the event Richard Leakey, behind the largest ivory burning ever in Kenya,[16] was awarded "The Conservationist of the year 2016" by the organisation's new ambassador, the Duchess of York.[17]

  1. ↑ "Svensker blev millionær på at spekulere i olie - nu vil han redde verden med solenergi - Politiken.dk". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Why speculators are stashing vast quantities of crude oil on tanker ships". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Lars Jacobsson: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek, Bloomberg, retrieved 24 August 2015
  4. ↑ "Understanding the concept Contango, backwardation, convenience yield in Financial Derivatives". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Gold/Mining/Energy, Silicon Investor, retrieved 24 August 2015
  6. ↑ Oil barrel price, retrieved 24 August 2015
  7. ↑ "Bilder: Jippot som ska rädda noshörningar - Göteborgs-Posten". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Historia - The Perfect World Foundation". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Duon som kan fixa tusentals nya jobb". AB Kvällstidningen Expressen. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ubåtsteknik kan ge svenska bolag ny miljardindustri". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gothenburg hosts prestigious charity gala". Göteborg Daily. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mr Mark Shand Awarded with". theperfectworldfoundation.org. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Göteborgsparet ska åka Tuk Tuk i Indien med prins Charles". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Prins Charles deltar i indiskt tuk-tuk-lopp till förmån för den asiatiska elefanten". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Jane Honored as Conservationist of the Year". the Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  16. ↑ http://www.svd.se/over-hundra-ton-elfenben-ska-brannas
  17. ↑ "The Duchess of York Honored as the New Ambassador of The Perfect World Foundation".
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