Jacobs...has no known experience in politics. According to his LinkedIn page, he has owned a DJ company for 18 years, was a division manager at a manufacturer that makes ski and snowboard products between 2005 and 2010, and joined Newstalk in December 2010, the same month Ford took office.
In February, he said on Twitter that he was beginning “yet another new job,” this one as a researcher and fact-checker for a TV game show.
He worked for the city as a lifeguard and aquatics instructor between 1998 and 2002, according to the LinkedIn page. His education is listed as Earl Haig Secondary School. Mike Bendixen, Newstalk’s program director, said Jacobs began at the station as an intern.