Career
Jacobsson originally established his reputation during the late 1980´s through his entrepreneurship within the oil business, where he was involved in starting up storage, trading and shipping companies, as well as being the official "inventor" of the oil Contango market in the early 1990´son In early 2000 he sold his oil related businesses in favour of the vision of a future solar energy revolution, and his deeper engagement into a number of philanthropic endeavours. Since 2005 he has, among others, been involved in starting up two solar energy companies with a "new" solar energy technology and is working with approximately 80 humanitarian, wildlife and environmental projects in 23 countries through his ownership of Volunteer Travels Limited.
In 2014 the organisation held the largest ever, in Scandinavia, fundraising gala and wildlife & environmental conference in favour of the endangered rhinos and elephants, with participants from all over the world.
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at a private event in Stockholm, Lars and Ragnhild in behalf of The Perfect World Foundation honored Jane Goodall with the "The Fragile Rhino" prize along with naming her conservationist of the year for 2015.