His father was Klaus J. Jacobs, who was an equestrian and controlling shareholder of the company.
[7] He studied law at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich and Montpellier.
[9] He was executive chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, an active private equity investor, from 2004 to 2015 and a member of the board until 2019.
[13] Jacobs is chairman of INSEAD,[14] Minibar AG[15] and Röwer & Rüb GmbH.
In 2020, Andreas joined the board of directors of Hoist Group – provider of the widest range of hospitality technology.