Lars Valentin Jacobsson

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

For people with similar names, see Lars Jacobsson (disambiguation).
Lars Jacobsson
BornMay 11, 1965
Gothenburg, Sweden
CitizenshipSwedish
Alma materIHM Business School
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active1985–present
Known forOil industry
Environmentalist
Notable workFounder of the Oil Contango
Term25
MovementThe Perfect World Foundation

Career

Jacobsson initially worked in the petroleum industry,[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 2000s he sold his oil related businesses.[7][8] Since 2005, he started up two solar energy companies.[9][10] In 2010, Jacobsson founded United Sun Systems International, a London-based company which develops solar energy technology.[11]

Philanthropy

Together with his wife Ragnhild Jacobsson, he founded The Perfect World Foundation, a non-profit and independent Swedish based organisation that promotes conservation. In 2014 the organisation held the fundraising gala and wildlife and environmental conference[12] in favour of the endangered rhinos and elephants, with participants from all over the world. Jacobbson and his wife are ambassadors at the London-based organisation Elephant Family to save the asian elephants.[13][14][15]

On June 7, 2015 at a private event in Stockholm, Jacobsson and his wife, on behalf of The Perfect World Foundation, honored Jane Goodall with "The Fragile Rhino" prize along with naming her Conservationist of the Year for 2015.[16]

In September 2016, they organised a 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,[17] was awarded "The Conservationist of the Year 2016" by the organisation's new ambassador, Sarah, Duchess of York.[18]

References
  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. "Svensker blev millionær på at spekulere i olie - nu vil han redde verden med solenergi". Politiken.dk. 13 February 2015.
  12. "Gothenburg hosts prestigious charity gala". Göteborg Daily. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  13. "Mr Mark Shand Awarded with". theperfectworldfoundation.org. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  14. "Göteborgsparet ska åka Tuk Tuk i Indien med prins Charles". Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  15. "Prins Charles deltar i indiskt tuk-tuk-lopp till förmån för den asiatiska elefanten". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  16. "Jane Honored as Conservationist of the Year". the Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  17. "Jättebrasa av elfenben – väntas brinna i dagar". April 30, 2016 – via www.svd.se.
  18. "Kunglig stjärnglans på kändistät gala i Göteborg" (in Swedish).
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