Dr Andreas Jacobs

In 2018, together with a group of accomplished entrepreneurs, he acquired the majority shares of the then Berenberg Bank (Switzerland) AG and established first Bergos Berenberg AG, and then in 2021 the fully independent Swiss Private Bank Bergos.

He studied law at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, and Montpellier, and obtained a doctorate in European competition law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Freiburg. He later earned an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.

From 1991 to 1993, he worked as a consultant and project manager at The Boston Consulting Group in Munich. Since 1992, he has been an independent entrepreneur. From 2000 to 2019, he managed various investments of the Jacobs family in Switzerland, among others as Chairman of Barry Callebaut AG, Chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, Vice-Chairman of Adecco SA, Chairman of Infront Sports & Media AG, and Chairman of Brach’s Inc. in Chicago.

In 2014, he co-founded and invested in GENUI Partners, a Germany-based private equity fund, where he also chairs several portfolio companies. From 2015 until August 2024, he served as Chairman of the Board of INSEAD. He is currently Chairman of Minibar AG (Switzerland), President of Niantic Holding GmbH (Germany), Member of the Advisory Board of Dr. August Oetker KG (Germany), Member of the Board of Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings, Trustee of the Hilti Family Trust, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Wolff Group.