Jake Kozloff

Jake Kozloff
Born	Jacob Kozloff 1901 Russia
Died	April 22, 1976 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Cause of death	stroke
Resting place	Kesher Zion Cemetery, Shillington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Businessman

Jake Kozloff (1901-1976) was a Russian-born American businessman. He was the owner of the Lebanon Valley Brewing Company in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1930s. He invested in hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s and 1950s, where he was also the president of Temple Beth Sholom. He went on to invest in hotels and casinos in the Caribbean in the 1960s.

Jacob Kozloff was born to a Jewish family in Russia in 1901. He emigrated to the United States in 1905, settling in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Kozloff served as the owner, president and treasurer of the Lebanon Valley Brewing Company on North Seventh Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 1933 onwards. He remained its owner until the late 1940s, when he sold it.

Kozloff moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late 1940s, where he invested in casinos. He first invested in the Thunderbird Hotel (alongside Joe Wells, Jack Lane, Guy McAfee), and served as a manager.

With Guy McAfee and Beldon Katleman, Kozloff acquired the Frontier Hotel from Bill Moore for US$5.5 million in 1951. Kozloff served as its manager from 1951 to 1955. In 1955, when he paid US$100,000 for Mario Lanza to perform for two weeks at the casino, Kozloff bragged that it was the highest salary an entertainer had ever received in a Las Vegas casino. When he stepped down, Kozloff was succeeded by Beldon Katleman.

Kozloff subsequently invested in the Golden Nugget and again served as its manager. In 1956, Kozloff signed a 20-year lease of the Royal Nevada hotel in Las Vegas with conductor Phil Spitalny from Frank Fishman. In June 1957, he became the manager of the Thunderbird Hotel once again.

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