In 1988, Clive Jacobs co-founded the Holiday Autos Group, which was the first car rental broker in Europe and one of the earliest travel companies to provide a pre-bookable, pre-paid, fully inclusive product that was guaranteed in price.

[1] The company also claimed to be the pioneer in offering a late deals car hire website.

[7] Subsequently, in 2016, he launched the umbrella brand Jacobs Media Group.

Jacobs serves as the chairman and majority owner of the group, which employs approximately 100 people based in Victoria, London.

[8] In 2008 Jacobs bought the Michelin-starred New Angel Restaurant and Rooms in Dartmouth in Devon, which he went on to sell to Alan Murchison’s 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group in 2010.