Jacob Geltdekker

Rhodes, Darwin, Stuyvesant and Vespucci were adventurers in the purest sense of the word, roaming the world yearning for discovery and knowledge. Jacob Gelt Dekker is the modern day equivalent with an entrepreneurial spin.

Through his adventures he has found his personal paradise, which his knowledge and experience permits him to present to the world through his creation of Project Kura Hulanda in Curacao.

In the past 10 years Jacob has been interviewed by many different magazines, newspapers, television, radio and on internet websites. Newspapers from Greenland, Magazines out of the U.S. or Television program's in Europe, a broad kind of media has wanted to know Jacob. Also his work, as an entrepreneur but mostly his work as an Philanthropist.

By all his traveling and his way of life, his broad knowledge and interference in world issues, Jacob have been invited for diverse media. Not only in the U.S. or the Netherlands but in all other parts of the world.

The Story
Born in Oterleek in the Netherlands in 1948, Jacob Gelt Dekker's youth was chronologically the same as other children, but philosophically quite brief. Plagued by illness throughout his childhood, Jacob was driven to survive and not only beat the odds...   

The Author
On the third of October 2007, Jacob introduce his debute books: Persona non grata & Het doel heiligt de middelen. Read all about upcoming books or published books of Jacob...

The Speeches
Selected Writings and Speeches; Luchtvaartnieuws, Conference of World Affairs, AABC, Benai Zion Congregation, ATIA & Budget defict vs. Balanced budget...

The Entrepreneur
Jacob Gelt Dekker's entrepreneurial flare led him to open 120 one-hour photo shops in Europe, which he later sold to Kodak for an undisclosed sum. His other entrepreneurial successes include...

The Explorer
Jacob officially retired in the late 1990s and wanderlust took hold. He traveled the world extensively for a combination of business and research. Jacob has circumnavigated the world more than 50 times...

The Philanthropist
Jacob Gelt Dekker officially retired in the late 1990s and then poured his energy and fortune into creating the JADE Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing education...