Jacob Gelt Dekker
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Jacob Gelt Dekker (born Oterleek, Netherlands, 22nd April 1948) is a Dutch businessman who has restored a large part of Otrabanda, Curaçao. He is supposed to control assets for about. 200 million Euro.
Dekker went to school between 1961 and 1967 in Alkmaar and afterwards continued to study dentisty in Amsterdam. He also get an Executive MBA from Erasmus University of Rotterdam and the University of Rochester.
After this, Dekker came up with a series of invetions, including the Splash gyms and One Hour Super Photo service, which was later bought by Kodak. In 1981 he took over Budget Rent a Car in the Netherlands. When he in 1998 visisted Curaçao, he decided to help poor Otrobanda, Willemstad. In 1998, Dekker founded the Kura Hulanda museum, with 10 collections describing the slave trade.
In recent years Dekker has involved himself in politics, often criticising local affairs in Curaçao. In 2006 he was awarded the prestigious Order of Orange-Nassau.
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