Jac Holzman
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Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. He signed such legendary acts as The Doors and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to Elektra, as well as discovering Judy Collins. In 1970 he sold all his music interests to Kinney National Company.
He wrote the story of Elektra Records in his book Follow the Music, published in hardcover in 1998 (ISBN 0966122119) and paperback in 2000 (ISBN 0966122100). More recently, he has become the director of the online music division of Warner Music Group, which is incidentally the parent company of Elektra and Nonesuch.
Jac Holzman is the father of Adam Holzman, a jazz-rock keyboardist with Miles Davis.
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