Background
Zyl, Jacobus Lodewyk van was born on May 14, 1936 in Mossel Bay, Republic of South Africa. Came to the United States, 1989. Son of Jacobus Lodewyk and Sophia Magdalene (Erasmus) van Zyl.
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Jacobus Lodewyk van Zyl
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Bachelor in Commercial Law and Economics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa, 1959.
Career
Product manager, Unilever, Durban, Republic of South Africa, 1960-1964; account supervisor, J. Walter Thompson, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 1966-1967; account supervisor, Lindsay Smithers/FCB, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 1968-1972; chief Executive officer, Lindsay Smithers/FCB, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 1972-1989; president, chief Executive officer, FCB/Lewis, Gilman & Kynett, Philadelphia, since 1989. Chairman Association Ad Agilysys, Republic of South Africa, 1977-1979, 88-89. Vice chairman Ad Standards Authority, Republic of South Africa, 1986-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member Union League Club (Philadelphia).
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Married Elise Deodata Cronje, December 23, 1961. Children: Tanya, Jan-Louis.
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Religion
Presbyterian
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1959