Jeff Jacobson

Jeff Jacobson (born 1959) is an American business executive. and an executive partner at SIRIS Capital Group LLC. Presstek, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, and COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group. He then earned a master's degree from the Cornell University School of Industrial Relations, followed by a juris doctor degree from Pace University School of Law. Jacobson is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. where he then was chief operating officer of Kodak's On June 23, 2016, he was announced as the future CEO of Xerox, succeeding Ursula Burns. also joining the board. as well as a new focus on "small and midsize" companies to "cut dependence on its large enterprise customers," with the latter seen by analysts as a declining market. Also overseeing job cuts and an effort to achieve "$1.5 billion in improved operational efficiencies," he described Xerox as "pursuing R&D" in areas such as content management, graphic communications, printed electronics, smart labels, and "direct-to-object" printing techniques. On May 1, 2018, Xerox announced that under a deal with dissident investor Carl Icahn, Jacobson would resign as chief executive and director. Three days later, the company announced that the deal would not go into effect, although on May 16, 2018, he was indeed succeeded by John Visentin. Jacobson was then appointed executive chairman of Electronics for Imaging (EFI), a technology company headquartered in Fremont, California, in July 2019. He also became an executive partner at Siris Capital, EFI's owner, and on August 13, 2019, he was appointed EFI's new chief executive officer. In January 2023, Jacobson was succeeded as EFI CEO by Frank Pennisi, with Jacobson continuing as EFI chairman. Jacobson also became executive chairman of Fiery, a new EFI spinoff company. The University at Buffalo School of Management awarded him its Centennial Achievement and Impact Award in Sept. 2023.