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Jacobs Holding AG Annual Report 2010 (PDF, 3.7 - Jacobsag.com

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JACOBS HOLDING <strong>AG</strong> AND<br />

THE JACOBS FOUNDATION<br />

<strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> <strong>AG</strong> optimally enhances the <strong>Jacobs</strong> Foundation’s ability to influence the<br />

social dimension of the world in which we live, thereby continuing our family’s long-held<br />

<strong>com</strong>mitment to the improvement of society.<br />

JACOBS HOLDING <strong>AG</strong><br />

HISTORY <strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> <strong>AG</strong> is a professional investment <strong>com</strong>pany founded on our<br />

family’s entrepreneurial legacy. Over generations, the <strong>Jacobs</strong> family has been involved in<br />

business operations which are united in <strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> <strong>AG</strong>, our holding <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

domiciled in Zurich. To understand <strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> <strong>AG</strong>, it is important to bear in mind<br />

the dynamic relationship we maintain with the <strong>Jacobs</strong> family. While our past endeavours<br />

may have focussed primarily on entrepreneurial business achievements, these ambitions<br />

were always underpinned by a <strong>com</strong>mitment to social betterment.<br />

MISSION <strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> <strong>AG</strong>’s goal as an investment firm is to create value by investing<br />

in a select group of <strong>com</strong>panies with the potential and promise of achieving and maintaining<br />

global leadership positions in their sectors. The resulting dividends are used<br />

exclusively to fund the philanthropic endeavours of the <strong>Jacobs</strong> Foundation.<br />

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