Jacob Gelt Dekker

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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 Budget Rent A Car, Splash Fitness Clubs, Impact Dental Video, Splash Kattegat BV (Sonesta Hotel Amsterdam), Splash Pullman Hotel Den Haag, Barbizon Palace Hotel, Irene Cosmetics BV, Van Gogh International and Symphony Music BV. Jacob officially retired in the late 90's and wanderlust took hold. In spite of his retirement Jacob is still working on multiple projects, mostly with a concern to serve human kind and next generation on this plant.
Foundation EARTH The Earth AntineutRino TomograpHy (EARTH) research and technological programme aims to produce a tomographic image of the radiogenic heat sources in the Earth's interior with a typical resolution of about 300km. Radiogenic heat sources...

Desert Green House In the past 100 years, the Dutch greenhouse industry has spent millions in research and development to improve greenhouse systems. Driven by the limited space available in a small and densely populated country like Holland, this research has already resulted in the highest productivity results per sq. meter in the world...

Curacao Dialysis Center The Curacao Dialysis Centre is based in the Jacob Gelt Dekker Institute. The building is part of Kura Hulanda and has been loaned to the Dialysis Centre. It's been through a thorough renovation, but the old elements and its monumental appearance have been preserved...

U.S. National Slavery Museum, Fredericksburg The United States National Slavery Museum is committed to telling a more complete story of American slavery. Its honesty will lead the nation in commemorating, understanding, and overcoming slavery and its enduring legacy...

Aquaculture This project involves evaluation of the development of the coastline at Lodge Kura Hulanda, as well as the culturing and production of various marine species and plants using the existing natural environment...

DRS Films Writers, artists and filmmakers are working together in this production company, founded by Jan van den Berg, who in the early seventies started making films from his original field of study, cultural anthropology.