Rank #784
Jeremy Jacobs Sr & family
Net worth $5.4B
Food service · United States
- Born
- Jan 21, 1940
- Age
- 86
- Source
- Food service
- Residence
- East Aurora, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 6
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, SUNY Buffalo
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jeremy Jacobs is chairman of concessions juggernaut Delaware North, a private company that serves 500 million people per year across four continents.
- The business was founded in 1915 by his father, who began by selling popcorn and peanuts
- The New York-based company is currently considered a global leader in hospitality management & food service management.
- Jacobs is also the owner of the NHL's Boston Bruins ice hockey team, and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.
- In early 2019, Jacobs began handing control of the Boston Bruins team and Delaware North to his six children.
- Jacobs owns a Florida restaurant with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, with whom he shares a birthday.
- Jacobs pledged $30 million in 2015 to the University at Buffalo, his alma mater, which renamed its medical school after him.