Jeff Jacobson (born 1959) is an American business executive. Currently the executive chairman of Electronics For Imaging (EFI), he is also an executive partner at SIRIS Capital Group LLC. He previously served as the CEO of EFI,

Xerox Corporation Xerox Holdings Corporation (; also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print and digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (having moved from Sta ...

, Presstek, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, and as COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group.

Biography

Born circa 1959, Jeff Jacobson grew up in

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, as well as the

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and

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. He graduated from the State University of New York Buffalo in 1981 with a

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degree. He then earned a Master's degree from the

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School of Industrial Relations, followed by a juris doctor degree from

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. Jacobson is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. From 1998 to 2005, Jacobson held executive positions at Kodak Polychrome Graphics, a joint venture between

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and

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. Starting in human resources, he then served as the company's CEO, where according to the '' Rochester Business Journal'' he led a "turnaround" resulting in the sale of the company to Kodak, where he then served as chief operating officer of Kodak's $3.6 billion Graphic Communications Group. From 2007 until 2012 he was president and CEO of Presstek, a manufacturer of digital offset printing products, also serving as chairman for three years. In February 2012, Jacobson joined

Xerox Xerox Holdings Corporation (; also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print and electronic document, digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (ha ...

as president of Global Graphic Communications Operations, working out of Xerox's headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 2014 he became the president and

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of Xerox Technology. On June 23, 2016, he was announced as the future CEO of Xerox, succeeding

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. He became Xerox CEO on January 1, 2017, also joining the board. He announced a number of changes at Xerox in 2017, including its largest product launch, 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

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graphic communication Graphic communication as the name suggests is communication using graphic elements. These elements include symbols such as glyphs and icons, images such as drawings and photographs, and can include the passive contributions of substrate, colour ...

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, smart labels, and "direct-to-object" printing techniques. In June 2017, he was a signatory on the

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initiative. On May 1, 2018, Xerox announced that under a deal with dissident investor

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, 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 Toby Weiss, with Jacobson continuing to serve as EFI chairman.https://www.printweek.com/product%20news/article/fiery-becomes-independent-efi-appoints-new-ceo

References

External links

Profile at the ''Wall Street Journal''
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