Jeremy Jacobs is 84 and still leads Monday morning Zoom calls where the leadership team reviews operations of the entire Delaware North enterprise.
Charlie Jacobs and his brothers still go to their father — whom they refer to affectionately as “The Chairman” — for the final say-so on major decisions.
When it comes to the Bruins, Charlie Jacobs oversees and empowers Neely and Sweeney to make team decisions, with Charlie and Jeremy Jacobs consulted on major calls related to contracts, trades, and coaching changes.
Jeremy Jacobs sold his team shares to his six children five years ago but retains veto power.
“At the end of the day, if he calls and says, ‘Do something,’ I’m doing it, because he’s still the boss,” said Jacobs.
That said, Jeremy Jacobs’s workdays have become shorter the past couple of years, with the sons assuming the bulk of day-to-day responsibilities.
“People age differently,” said Jacobs. “My mom and my dad, I’m going to say, are feeling their age, which sucks, but you know, he wants to be there, to be in the office, to be part of the action.”
Jacobs married his second wife, Liz, last January at a resort in the Matterhorn area of the Swiss Alps. By his first wife, he has three children: 23-year-old twins Katie and Charlie, and 21-year-old William.
After moving to Boston from California in 2001, the Jacobs family moved to Weston two years later and raised their children there. Jacobs moved back to Boston, to Downtown Crossing, six years ago.
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