{{Short description|American business executive}} {{Other people|Jeff Jacobson}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeff Jacobson | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016">{{cite web | url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/xerox-rising-eastman-kodak-vet-jacobson-to-succeed-ceo-burns-1466715111 | title=Xerox Rising: Eastman Kodak Vet Jacobson to Succeed CEO Burns|first=Tiernan |last=Ray|work=Barrons|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> | birth_place = | other_names = Jeffrey Jacobson | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | education = State University of New York Buffalo (BS) | alma_mater = Cornell University School of Industrial Relations (MS)<br />Pace University School of Law (JD) | occupation = Business executive | years_active = 1990s-present | employer = Electronics For Imaging, Siris Capital | boards = Electronics For Imaging | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
'''Jeff Jacobson''' (born 1959) is an American business executive.<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> Currently the executive chairman of Electronics For Imaging (EFI),<ref name=printweek/><ref name="rtv2022srcBBCdt2022">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15331453|title=Jeff Jacobson, EFI In: Porifle and Biography|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> he is also an executive partner at SIRIS Capital Group LLC.<ref name="rtv2022srcPRINTWEEKdt2019"/> He previously served as the CEO of EFI,<ref name=printweek/> Xerox Corporation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.xerox.com/news/xerox-announces-john-visentin-as-new-ceo-sets-2018-annual-meeting-date|title=Xerox Announces John Visentin as New CEO; Sets 2018 Annual Meeting Date|website=Xerox Newsroom|date=2018 }}</ref><ref name="trved2016srcWSJdt2016"/><ref name="rtrved2018srcCNNdt2018">{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/04/investing/xerox-ceo-jeff-jacobson/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507080915/http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/04/investing/xerox-ceo-jeff-jacobson/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2018|title = Xerox CEO is back as board does shock U-turn|date = 4 May 2018}}</ref> Presstek, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, and as COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group.<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/>
==Biography== Born circa 1959,<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> Jeff Jacobson grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, The Bronx, and Yonkers. He graduated from the State University of New York Buffalo in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree.<ref name="rtv2022srcBUFFALOdt2021">{{cite web | url=https://www.buffalo.edu/campaign/priorities-and-goals/school-of-management.host.html/content/shared/www/campaign/impact-articles/jeff-and-irene.detail.htm | title=Opening Doors to Talent }}</ref> He then earned a master's degree from the Cornell University School of Industrial Relations,<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016">{{cite web | url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2016/06/23/xerox-names-jeff-jacobson-new-ceo-to-succeed-ursula-burns/86303988/ | title=Former Kodak executive to lead Xerox post-split }}</ref> followed by a juris doctor degree from Pace University School of Law. Jacobson is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association.<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> From 1998 to 2005, Jacobson held executive positions at Kodak Polychrome Graphics,<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> a joint venture between Kodak and Sun Chemical.<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> Starting in human resources,<ref name="rtv2022srcBUFFALOdt2021"/> he then served as the company's CEO,<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> where according to the ''Rochester Business Journal'' he led a "turnaround" resulting in the sale of the company to Kodak,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rbj.net/2006/09/22/future-image/ | title=Future image | Rochester Business Journal | date=22 September 2006 }}</ref> where he then served as chief operating officer of Kodak's<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> $3.6 billion Graphic Communications Group.<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> From 2007 until 2012 he was president and CEO of Presstek,<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> a manufacturer of digital offset printing products,<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> also serving as chairman for three years.<ref name="rtv2022srcBBCdt2022"/>
In February 2012, Jacobson joined Xerox as president of Global Graphic Communications Operations,<ref name="rtrved2017srcXRXdt2017"/> working out of Xerox's headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 2014 he became the president<ref name="rtv2022srcDandCdt2016"/> and chief operating officer of Xerox Technology.<ref name="rtrved2017srcXRXdt2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.xerox.com/en-us/about/executive-leadership/corporate-officers/jeff-jacobson-biography|title=Jeff Jacobson, CEO|publisher=Xerox Corporation|accessdate=4 January 2017|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234626/https://www.xerox.com/en-us/about/executive-leadership/corporate-officers/jeff-jacobson-biography|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 23, 2016, he was announced as the future CEO of Xerox, succeeding Ursula Burns.<ref name="rtv2022srcBARdt2016"/> He became Xerox CEO on January 1, 2017,<ref name="trved2016srcWSJdt2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/xerox-to-name-jeff-jacobson-to-succeed-ursula-burns-as-ceo-1466713918|title=Xerox Picks Insider Jeff Jacobson to Succeed Ursula Burns as CEO|last1=FitzGerald|first1=Drew|date=2016-06-24|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-12-11|last2=Benoit|first2=David|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> also joining the board.<ref name="rtv2022srcBBCdt2022"/> He announced a number of changes at Xerox in 2017, including its largest product launch,<ref name="rtv2022srcTECHRdt2016">{{cite web | url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/xerox-ceo-our-journey-from-paper-docs-to-printed-electronics/ | title=Xerox CEO: Our journey from paper docs to printed electronics | date=18 April 2017 }}</ref> as well as a new focus on "small and midsize" companies to "cut dependence on its large enterprise customers," with the latter seen by analysts as a declining market.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/xerox-hits-the-restart-button-1488606625 | title=Xerox Hits the Restart Button }}</ref> Also overseeing job cuts<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fortune.com/2016/12/07/xerox-jobs-cut/ | title=Xerox Workers Should Brace for Even More Job Cuts }}</ref> and an effort to achieve "$1.5 billion in improved operational efficiencies,"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/01/03/xerox-conduent-split-complete/96110370/ | title=Xerox completes split into 2 companies | website=USA Today }}</ref> he described Xerox as "pursuing R&D" in areas such as content management, graphic communications, printed electronics, smart labels, and "direct-to-object" printing techniques.<ref name="rtv2022srcTECHRdt2016"/> In June 2017, he was a signatory on the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion initiative.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pionline.com/article/20170612/ONLINE/170619991/ceos-join-initiative-to-improve-workplace-diversity | title=CEOs join initiative to improve workplace diversity | date=12 June 2017 }}</ref> On May 1, 2018, Xerox announced that under a deal with dissident investor Carl Icahn, Jacobson would resign as chief executive and director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/business/xerox-fujifilm-chief-executive.html|title=Xerox's Leaders Depart, Putting Fujifilm Deal in Jeopardy|date=2018-05-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Three days later, the company announced that the deal would not go into effect,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/business/xerox-ceo-jacobson-icahn.html|title=Xerox Executives Stay Put as Settlement With Carl Icahn Expires|date=2018-05-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> although on May 16, 2018, he was indeed succeeded by John Visentin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rbj.net/2018/05/17/john-visentin-becomes-ceo-at-xerox/ | title=John Visentin becomes CEO at Xerox | Rochester Business Journal | date=17 May 2018 }}</ref> Jacobson was then appointed executive chairman of Electronics for Imaging (EFI), a technology company headquartered in Fremont, California, in July 2019. He also became an executive partner at Siris Capital, EFI's owner,<ref name="rtv2022srcPRINTWEEKdt2019">{{cite web | url=https://www.printweek.com/news/article/jacobson-becomes-efi-ceo | title=Jacobson becomes EFI CEO }}</ref> and on August 13, 2019, he was appointed EFI's new chief executive officer.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-electronics-for-imaging-appoints-j/brief-electronics-for-imaging-appoints-jeff-jacobsonas-ceo-idUKASB01Z25 | title=BRIEF-Electronics for Imaging Appoints Jeff Jacobson as CEO | newspaper=Reuters | date=13 August 2019 }}</ref> In January 2023, Jacobson was succeeded as EFI CEO by Frank Pennisi, with Jacobson continuing to serve as EFI chairman. Jacobson also became executive chairman of Fiery, a new EFI spinoff company.<ref name=printweek>{{cite web | url=https://www.printweek.com/product%20news/article/fiery-becomes-independent-efi-appoints-new-ceo | title=Printweek - Fiery becomes independent; EFI appoints new CEO }}</ref> The University at Buffalo School of Management awarded him its Centennial Achievement and Impact Award in Sept. 2023.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/news/news-releases.host.html/content/shared/mgt/news/ub-school-of-management-centennial-celebration.detail.html "UB School of Management to hold centennial celebration," University at Buffalo], Sept. 2023</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/EFII/company-people/executive-profile/12271728 Profile at the ''Wall Street Journal'']
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