{"id":2322,"date":"2017-07-26T12:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacobsfoundation.org\/member\/simon-sommer\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:47:55","slug":"simon-sommer-2","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/jacobsfoundation.org\/member\/simon-sommer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Sommer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. His drive is to make the Jacobs Foundation the world's leading learning foundation by developing, selecting, and promoting the best programs and projects. And by finding and developing the best minds \u2013 inside and outside the Foundation. Simon\u2019s primary responsibilities at the Foundation are strategy, board governance, operational excellence, human resources, and research funding. Before joining the Jacobs Foundation in 2006, he worked at the Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover, Germany\u2019s largest private research funder, and as a management consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in Berlin, Germany. Simon holds Masters in Musicology (2001) and Cultural Studies (2000) from Leuphana University, Germany, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he graduated with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. His drive is to make the Jacobs Foundation the world&#8217;s leading learning foundation by developing, selecting, and promoting the best programs and projects. And by finding and developing the best minds \u2013 inside and outside the Foundation. <\/span><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. His drive is to make the Jacobs Foundation the world's leading learning foundation by developing, selecting, and promoting the best programs and projects. And by finding and developing the best minds \u2013 inside and outside the Foundation. Simon\u2019s primary responsibilities at the Foundation are strategy, board governance, operational excellence, human resources, and research funding. Before joining the Jacobs Foundation in 2006, he worked at the Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover, Germany\u2019s largest private research funder, and as a management consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in Berlin, Germany. Simon holds Masters in Musicology (2001) and Cultural Studies (2000) from Leuphana University, Germany, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he graduated with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Simon\u2019s primary responsibilities at the Foundation are strategy, board governance, operational excellence, human resources, and research funding. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. His drive is to make the Jacobs Foundation the world's leading learning foundation by developing, selecting, and promoting the best programs and projects. And by finding and developing the best minds \u2013 inside and outside the Foundation. Simon\u2019s primary responsibilities at the Foundation are strategy, board governance, operational excellence, human resources, and research funding. Before joining the Jacobs Foundation in 2006, he worked at the Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover, Germany\u2019s largest private research funder, and as a management consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in Berlin, Germany. Simon holds Masters in Musicology (2001) and Cultural Studies (2000) from Leuphana University, Germany, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he graduated with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Before joining the Jacobs Foundation in 2006, he worked at the Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover, Germany\u2019s largest private research funder, and as a management consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in Berlin, Germany. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. His drive is to make the Jacobs Foundation the world's leading learning foundation by developing, selecting, and promoting the best programs and projects. And by finding and developing the best minds \u2013 inside and outside the Foundation. Simon\u2019s primary responsibilities at the Foundation are strategy, board governance, operational excellence, human resources, and research funding. Before joining the Jacobs Foundation in 2006, he worked at the Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover, Germany\u2019s largest private research funder, and as a management consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in Berlin, Germany. Simon holds Masters in Musicology (2001) and Cultural Studies (2000) from Leuphana University, Germany, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he graduated with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Simon holds Masters in Musicology (2001) and Cultural Studies (2000) from Leuphana University, Germany, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he graduated with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42410,"template":"","post_focus_option":[289],"class_list":["post-2322","member","type-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post_focus_option-administration-finance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Simon Sommer - Jacobs Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jacobsfoundation.org\/member\/simon-sommer-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Sommer - Jacobs Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Simon Sommer is Co-CEO at the Jacobs Foundation. 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