Jeremy Jacobs's mother was of Irish Catholic descent, and his father was the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland.
24 Facts About Jeremy Jacobs
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Jeremy Jacobs's father took over the company in the 1950s when the health of his brothers faltered and Jeremy took over at age 28 when his father died in 1968.
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Jeremy Jacobs has a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management, and attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
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Jeremy Jacobs owns and operates the business founded by his father and uncles, Delaware North.
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Jeremy Jacobs operates in the lodging, sporting, airport, gaming and entertainment industries.
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On January 6,2015, Jeremy Jacobs relinquished the title of CEO and named Jerry Jeremy Jacobs Jr.
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Jeremy Jacobs named Charlie Jacobs CEO of Delaware North's Boston Holdings.
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Jeremy Jacobs was listed for several years in a row as one of Sports Business Journal's Most Influential People in Sports.
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Jeremy Jacobs was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in Western New York in October 2006.
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Jeremy Jacobs has owned the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins since 1975.
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Jeremy Jacobs represents the club on the NHL's Board of Governors and serves on its executive committee.
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At the NHL Board of Governors meeting in June 2007, Jeremy Jacobs was elected chairman.
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Jeremy Jacobs replaced the Calgary Flames' Harley Hotchkiss, who stepped down after 12 years.
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In 2007, Jeremy Jacobs donated $1 million to support an endowed chair in immunology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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The Jeremy Jacobs' gift was at the time the largest single gift ever made to the University at Buffalo.
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Jeremy Jacobs has served the University at Buffalo as chairman, trustee, and director of its foundation, chairman of the President's Board of Visitors, advisor to the School of Management, and as chairman of the University at Buffalo Council.
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In 2013, Jeremy Jacobs paid for a two-year study on the nutrition and food preferences of cancer patients.
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Jeremy Jacobs is heavily involved in the funding of the Boston Bruins Foundation, which was founded and is chaired by his son Charlie.
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In July 2015, Jeremy Jacobs donated $250,000 to Iroquois Central High School in Elma, NY for the improvement of its athletic fields.
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Jeremy Jacobs holds honorary doctorates from the University at Buffalo, Canisius College, Johnson and Wales University, and Niagara University, where he was awarded an honorary doctor of commercial science in October 2013.
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Jeremy Jacobs is currently serving his second term on the US Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board.
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Jeremy Jacobs reportedly contributed over $650,000 to municipal elections in the village of Wellington, Florida.
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The Jeremy Jacobs family has been involved in a dispute with developer Mark Bellissimo over proposed development within Wellington's Equestrian Preserve of a major equestrian sports complex near his home in the village.
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Jeremy Jacobs owns an interest in NESN, the New England Sports Network, sharing ownership with John Henry, a friend and owner of the Boston Red Sox.