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((Short description|Dutch businessman (1948–2019)))
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| birth_place   = [[Oterleek]], [[Netherlands]]
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| notable_works = One Hour Super Photo<br>[[Budget Rent a Car]]<br>[[Kurá Hulanda Museum]]
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'''Jacob Gelt Dekker''' (22 April 1948 – 1 September 2019)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://curacao.nu/jacob-gelt-dekker-71-overleden/|title = Jacob Gelt Dekker (71) overleden|date = September 2019))</ref> was a Dutch businessman, philanthropist, and writer.<ref>[http://curacaochronicle.com/author/jgeltdekker2014/ Profile of Gelt Dekker at Curacao Chronicle] Retrieved December 27, 2017</ref>

Born in [[Oterleek]], [[North Holland]], Dekker attended school between 1961 and 1967 in [[Alkmaar]] and later studied [[dentistry]] in [[Amsterdam]]. He received an [[Executive MBA]] from [[Erasmus University]] of [[Rotterdam]] and the [[University of Rochester]].

Following his education, Dekker created a series of entrepreneurial inventions, including the Splash Healthclubs in 1985<ref>[http://www.couturekrant.nl/8-columns/nieuws-a-tv/4578-theo-robert-liet-splash-amsterdam-aan-ons-na.html Theo Robert left Splash Amsterdam to us] Retrieved December 27, 2017</ref> and One Hour Super Photo service, which [[Kodak]] later purchased. In 1981, he took over [[Budget Rent a Car]] in the Netherlands for 200,000 [[Dutch guilder]]s, which he expanded from 20 cars to over 25,000 cars and sold in 1996 for 600 million NLG. In 2006 Dekker was #90 on the list of 500 richest Dutch citizens.<ref>[https://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/nog-steeds-op-zoek-naar-het-gevecht~a796218/ Still Looking for the Fight] Retrieved December 27, 2017</ref>

[[File:Kura Hulanda Museum entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Kura Hulanda Museum]] entrance]]
In 1998, the Island Government of [[Curaçao]] granted Dekker permission to renovate a derelict quarter of the historic neighbourhood of [[Otrobanda]] into a hotel and casino, which subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2013.<ref>[http://curacaochronicle.com/local/sandton-disappointed-with-bankruptcy-kura-hulanda-union-talks-with-employees/ Sandton disappointed with bankruptcy Kura Hulanda] Retrieved December 27, 2017</ref>  On the same premises, Dekker founded the [[Kura Hulanda Museum]], with 10 collections describing the [[History of slavery|slave trade]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/freedom-at-last-after-centuries-of-dutch-rule-2108677.html Freedom at last, after centuries of Dutch rule by Adrian Mourby, The Independent 17 October 2010]</ref>

In later years, Dekker involved himself in politics and philanthropy. In 2006, the Governor of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] awarded Dekker the prestigious rank of Officer of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]]. Dekker was a cofounder of the Kura Hulanda Foundation, the Dekker-Padget Dutch2USA Internship Program, and Givingback Nederlands.<ref>[http://thenaf.org/dekker-padget-dutch2usa-internship-program/ Netherlands American Foundation] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820201459/http://thenaf.org/dekker-padget-dutch2usa-internship-program/ |date=2019-08-20 )) Retrieved December 27, 2017</ref>

Dekker was treated for [[cancer]].<ref>[http://curacaochronicle.com/columns/death/ Death] ''Curacao Chronicle'', 01-28-2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017</ref> After he published The Caribbean (Amsterdam Publishers 2018), he started work on a publication about immigrants.

Dekker died after a long battle with cancer at his home in [[Key West, Florida]] in the United States on 1 September 2019 at the age of 71.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Dekker, Jacob Gelt. ''Bajanala, a stranger in Africa'' S.N., 1998. ((ISBN|9789990403312))
* Dekker, Jacob Gelt. ''The Caribbean''. Oegstgeest, Amsterdam Publishers, 2018. ((ISBN|9789492371744))

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyIehYuO9iE Gelt Dekker 2010 tedX Talk]
*[http://www.kurahulanda.com/museumx Kura Hulanda Museum website]
*[https://givingback.nl/ Stichting Giving Back website]
*[https://amsterdampublishers.com/books/the-caribbean-by-jacob-gelt-dekker Amsterdam Publishers website]

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