COMBO is thrilled to announce that the speaker for our next general meeting will be the esteemed Jake Jabs, a well-known local musician! Oh, and he also owns a few furniture stores… Mr. Jabs will be speaking on how important knowing your music business is to knowing your music business. Come join us for a pleasant, social evening and a chance to get to know more musicians and music-related business professionals in the area.
What: COMBO’s January General Meeting
Where: Conference Room, AFW’s corporate headquarters, 8820 American Way, Englewood
When: Sunday, January 29th
Time: 7:00 until 9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free!
Age: Anyone!
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At age 83, furniture mogul Jake Jabs still leading by example
DENVER — Colorado’s king of furniture keeps building bigger castles. For Jake Jabs, though, ever-larger superstores make up only one chapter in his rags-to-riches story.
Jabs, 83, the founder and owner of American Furniture Warehouse and one of the state’s top entrepreneurs, has pushed beyond the traditional furniture showroom to develop his own intricate, in-house system of sales, inventory and delivery.
Along the way, he’s remained one of Colorado’s most accessible business leaders — open and plain spoken about virtually all aspects of the inner-workings of his company as well as issues facing businesses.
He’s also one of the state’s most charitable residents, giving to dozens of organizations.
In 2013, he announced a $10 million donation to the University of Colorado-Denver for the creation of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, a record for the school.
In 2013, he announced a $10 million donation to the University of Colorado-Denver for the creation of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, a record for the school.
In 2011, he pledged $25 million to his alma mater, Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont, to build a new business school. It was the largest donation ever to any Montana college.
At the Montana State announcement, Jabs joked with a reporter, “My goal is to die poor,” before giving the true explanation for the donation. The gift was to pay back all that “God and business have given me,” he said.
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By Dennis Darrow | The Pueblo Chieftain | ddarrow@chieftain.com
http://www.chieftain.com/business/3351394-120/jabs-furniture-colorado-state