Jacob Gelt Dekker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacob Gelt Dekker

Dutch businessman

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1948

Place of Birth: Oterleek, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2019

Profession: writer, businessperson

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jacob Gelt Dekker

  • Jacob Gelt Dekker (22 April 1948 – 1 September 2019) was a Dutch businessman, philanthropist, and writer.Born in Oterleek, North Holland, Dekker attended school between 1961 and 1967 in Alkmaar and later studied dentistry in Amsterdam.
  • He received an Executive MBA from Erasmus University of Rotterdam and the University of Rochester. Following his education, Dekker created a series of entrepreneurial inventions, including the Splash Healthclubs in 1985 and One Hour Super Photo service, which Kodak later purchased.
  • In 1981, he took over Budget Rent a Car in the Netherlands for 200,000 Dutch guilders, which he expanded from 20 cars to over 25,000 cars and sold in 1996 for 600 million NLG.
  • In 2006 Decker was #90 on the list of 500 richest Dutch citizens. In 1998, the Island Government of Curaçao granted Dekker permission to renovate a derelict quarter of the historic neighbourhood of Otrobanda into a hotel and casino, which subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2013.
  • On the same premises, Dekker founded the Kura Hulanda Museum, with 10 collections describing the slave trade.In later years, Dekker involved himself in politics and philanthropy.
  • In 2006, the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles awarded Dekker the prestigious rank of Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
  • Dekker was a cofounder of the Kura Hulanda Foundation, the Dekker-Padget Dutch2USA Internship Program, and Givingback Nederlands.Dekker was treated for cancer.
  • After he published The Caribbean (Amsterdam Publishers 2018), he started work on a publication about immigrants.
  • Dekker died after a long battle with cancer at his home in Key West, Florida in the United States on 1 September 2019 at the age of 71.

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