thumb|right|jac holzman jac holzman (born september 15, 1931) is an american businessman, best known as the founder, chief executive officer and head of elektra records and nonesuch records.discogs - jac holzman profile and discography ==biography== he founded elektra records in his st. john's college dorm room in 1950http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=4954635 and nonesuch records in 1964.http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/636594082.html?dids=636594082:636594082&fmt=abs&fmts=abs:ai&type=historic&date=jan+16%2c+1983&author=&pub=chicago+tribune&desc=music&pqatl=google he signed such acts as josh white, the doors, queen (us only), love, carly simon, the stooges, harry chapin, and bread to elektra and discovered folk singer judy collins. in 1970 he merged his music interests with warner communications (wci) and continued his association with the labels he created for three additional years. while a part of the warner music group, holzman helped to establish both the wea distributing corp (warner-elektra-atlantic distributing corp) and wea international. in 1973, holzman was appointed senior vice president and chief technologist for wci.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01iht-wbspot02.2664533.html holzman guided the company into home video and the first interactive cable television system, qube. until 1972, he was a director of pioneer electronics japan, helping that company, and warner, adopt the compact disc and laserdisc. holzman was a member of the board of atari, one of the first videogame companies, which was acquired by wci in 1976. in 1979 holzman became the nexus between ex-monkee michael nesmith and john lack of warner cable. he persuaded lack to meet with nesmith who had been nursing an idea for a program he called popclips. holzman thought that nesmith's notion of building a tv structure around that idea made real sense. in 1982, following the death of president and founder robert gottschalk, holzman took charge of panavision, a wholly owned subsidiary of warner communications and turned that financially troubled company around.http://www.doorshistory.com/elektrahistory.html in 1986 he formed firstmedia, an investment firm which acquired cinema products corporation, the maker of the oscar winning steadicam camera stabilization system. in 1991, through firstmedia, holzman acquired the discovery, trend and musicraft jazz labels from the estate of albert marx, which was also acquired by warner music group in 1993. after edgar bronfman, jr. and a group of investors acquired warner music group from time warner inc. in 2004, bronfman brought holzman back to wmg, reuniting him with the company th
1931_births American_music_industry_executives American_record_producers Living_people Nonesuch_Records Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees St._John\'s_College_(Annapolis/Santa_Fe)_alumni