# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-nienhuys
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:58.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-nienhuys"
name: "Jacob Nienhuys"
slug: "jacob-nienhuys"
description: "Jacob Nienhuys was the founder of tobacco producer Deli Company on a plantation established on a land concession from the Sultanate of Deli in Sumatra during the era of the Dutch East Indies. He returned to the Netherlands after he was indicted over the death of 7 plantation workers. Jacob Theodoor Cremer took over administration of the company and Nienhuys maintained a role at the company becoming a very wealthy man as the company grew and its stock price increased."
tagline: "Dutch director (1836–1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nienhuys%2C_J%2C_(1836-1928).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1836-07-15"
deathDate: "1928"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.76
  momentum:             0.3896103896103896
  historical:           4.80576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nienhuys"
    title: "Jacob Nienhuys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nienhuys"
    title: "Jacob Nienhuys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nienhuys"
    title: "Jacob Nienhuys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nienhuys"
    title: "Jacob Nienhuys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nienhuys"
    title: "Jacob Nienhuys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump