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Jeff Jacobson (CEO) Jeff Jacobson (CEO) Jeff Jacobson is the former CEO of Xerox Corporation. Jacobson succeeded Ursula M. Burns as Xerox CEO on January 1, 2017. Prior to this, Jacobson had served as an officer of Xerox since February 2012. He joined as president of Global Graphic Communications Operations. Later in 2014 he became the chief operating officer of the Xerox Technology business. On May 1, 2018, Xerox announced that Jacobson would resign as chief executive and director, under a deal with dissident investor Carl Icahn. Three days later, on May 4, 2018, the company announced that the deal would not go