Jake Kozloff

Jake Kozloff (1901–1976) was a Russian-born American businessman. He was the owner of the Lebanon Valley Brewing Company in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in the 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.

Early life Jacob Kozloff was born to a Jewish family in Russia in 1901. He emigrated to the United States in 1905, settling in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remained its owner until the late 1940s, when he sold it. and served as a manager. Kozloff served as its manager from 1951 to 1955. When he stepped down, Kozloff was succeeded by Beldon Katleman.

Kozloff subsequently invested in the Golden Nugget and again served as its manager. In June 1957, he became the manager of the Thunderbird Hotel once again.

Meanwhile, the gambling application for the Hacienda, a hotel in Paradise, Nevada, was delayed by Robbins E. Cahill, the founding chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, in 1956, partly because Kozloff, who had invested US$250,000 in cash for a return of 12.5%, was turned down for a gaming license. The casino had 32 other investors.

Kozloff and Clifford A. Jones were majority shareholders of the Grand Antilles Casino in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1958.

Judaism Kozloff served as the chair of the United Jewish Appeal in 1951.

Death Kozloff died on April 22, 1976, in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was 76 years old. He was buried at the Kesher Zion Cemetery in Shillington, Pennsylvania.