Lars Valentin Jacobsson
| Lars Jacobsson | |
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| Born |
Lars Jacobsson May 11, 1965 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Residence | Hovås, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Ethnicity | Swede |
| Citizenship | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Marketing Economist |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Known for | best known for his entrepreneurship and passion for animals, nature and environmental issues |
| Notable work | Founder of the Oil Contago. |
| Home town | Gothenburg |
| Title | entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, social entrepreneur |
| Term | 25 |
| Movement | The Perfect World Foundation |
| Religion | Christian |
Lars Jacobsson, (born 11 May 1965), best known for his entrepreneurship[1] and passion for animals, nature and environmental issues, is a Swedish entrepreneur, inventor,[2] philanthropist, social entrepreneur and conservationist.
Jacobsson originally established his reputation during the late 1980´s through his entrepreneurship within the oil business,[3] where he was involved in starting up storage, trading and shipping companies, as well as being the official "inventor" of the oil Contango market in the early 1990´s.[4][5][6]
In early 2000 he sold his oil related businesses in favour of the vision of a future solar energy revolution, and his deeper engagement into a number of philanthropic endeavours.[7][8] Since 2005 he has, among others, been involved in starting up two solar energy companies[9][10] with a "new" solar energy technology and is working with approximately 80 humanitarian, wildlife and environmental projects in 23 countries through his ownership of Volunteer Travels Ltd.
Together with his wife Ragnhild (Rags) Jacobsson, founded the organisation https://theperfectworldfoundation.org The Perfect World Foundation, a non-profit and independent Swedish based organisation with the purpose to raise awareness, funding’s and to take action together with animal and nature conservation projects around the world. 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. Lars and his wife is as well working close together with, as ambassadors, with 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, Lars and Ragnhild in 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]
References
- ↑ "Svensker blev millionær på at spekulere i olie - nu vil han redde verden med solenergi - Politiken.dk". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Why speculators are stashing vast quantities of crude oil on tanker ships". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ Lars Jacobsson: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek, Bloomberg, retrieved 24 August 2015
- ↑ "Understanding the concept Contango, backwardation, convenience yield in Financial Derivatives". Vox. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ Gold/Mining/Energy, Silicon Investor, retrieved 24 August 2015
- ↑ Oil barrel price, retrieved 24 August 2015
- ↑ "Bilder: Jippot som ska rädda noshörningar - Göteborgs-Posten". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Historia - The Perfect World Foundation". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Duon som kan fixa tusentals nya jobb". AB Kvällstidningen Expressen. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Ubåtsteknik kan ge svenska bolag ny miljardindustri". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Gothenburg hosts prestigious charity gala". Göteborg Daily. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Mr Mark Shand Awarded with". theperfectworldfoundation.org. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Göteborgsparet ska åka Tuk Tuk i Indien med prins Charles". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Prins Charles deltar i indiskt tuk-tuk-lopp till förmån för den asiatiska elefanten". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Jane Honored as Conservationist of the Year". the Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2015.