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| | Former Coffee Magnate Makes Record University Donation | Business | Deutsche Welle | 05.11.2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | German-born Swiss billionaire Klaus Jacobs, 69, best known for the coffee brand that bears his name, pledged a record donation of 200 million euros ($254 million) to a private university in his hometown of Bremen. |
 | | Jacobs, who lives near Cambridge, and is now chairman of Adecco, the world's largest temporary employment group, said he wants to set a philanthropic example to the German business community. |
 | | Jacobs, who has been oft criticized for trading his German passport for a Swiss one, moved his family-owned coffee roasting and importing company to Switzerland 33 years ago, and in 1990, sold Jacobs-Suchard to the tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris, which in turn sold it to Kraft Foods Inc. |
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