Jake Kozloff was the owner of the Lebanon Valley Brewing Company in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s.
18 Facts About Jake Kozloff
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Jake Kozloff invested in hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the 1940s and 1950s, where he was the president of Temple Beth Sholom.
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Jake Kozloff went on to invest in hotels and casinos in the Caribbean in the 1960s.
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Jacob Kozloff was born to a Jewish family in Russia in 1901.
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Jake Kozloff emigrated to the United States in 1905, settling in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Jake Kozloff served as the owner, president and treasurer of the Lebanon Valley Brewing Company on North Seventh Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, from 1933 onwards.
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Jake Kozloff remained its owner until the late 1940s, when he sold it.
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Jake Kozloff moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in the late 1940s, where he invested in casinos.
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Jake Kozloff first invested in the Thunderbird Hotel, and served as a manager.
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In 1955, when he paid US$100,000 for Mario Lanza to perform for two weeks at the casino, Jake Kozloff bragged that it was the highest salary an entertainer had ever received in a Las Vegas casino.
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When he stepped down, Jake Kozloff was succeeded by Beldon Katleman.
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Jake Kozloff subsequently invested in the Golden Nugget and again served as its manager.
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In 1956, Jake Kozloff signed a 20-year lease of the Royal Nevada hotel in Las Vegas with conductor Phil Spitalny from Frank Fishman.
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However, by 1958, Jake Kozloff was the main investor in the Hacienda, another casino in Paradise, Nevada.
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Three years later, in 1967, Jake Kozloff was the manager of the Aruba Caribbean Casino in Aruba.
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Jake Kozloff served as the chair of the United Jewish Appeal in 1951.
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Jake Kozloff subsequently served as the president of Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1951 to 1953.
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Jake Kozloff was buried at the Kesher Zion Cemetery in Shillington, Pennsylvania.