Jake Jabs became a household name in Colorado thanks in large part to his eccentric commercials featuring live tigers and his savvy business acumen.
“My first business, I had a music store in Bozeman, Montana,” recalls Jabs, as he walks around his warehouse in Englewood. “A furniture guy came along and pitched me on furniture, and it didn’t take me long to figure out that everybody needed furniture, and not everyone needed a guitar.”
With that in mind, in 1975 Jabs purchased the American Furniture Company, which was headed for bankruptcy. He bought $1.5 million in assets for $80,000 and his dynasty was born…