Nate Mack

Nate Mack
Born	January 27, 1891 Mielec, Poland
Died	1965 (aged 73–74)
Occupation	Banker
Spouse(s)	Jenny Solomon
Children	Jerome D. Mack
Relatives	Karen Mack (granddaughter)

Nathan Mack (1891–1965) was a Polish-born American banker. He was the co-founder of the Bank of Nevada and Temple Beth Sholom.

Nathan Mack was born on January 27, 1891 in Mielec, Poland. He had two brothers, Harry and Louis. Mack was the first member of his family to emigrate to the United States, and he was subsequently reunited with his brothers, who invested in real estate.

Mack was the owner of a supermarket in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. By 1929, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he opened a haberdashery. He moved to Reno in 1936, followed by Boulder City, only to return to Las Vegas. Over the years, he "sold tires and batteries, ran a towing service and wrecking yard, sold produce, and owned a clothing store, a liquor store, and a Fremont Street bar."

Mack got into the gambling industry by installing jukeboxes from Rock-Ola and slot machines from Jennings & Company in bars throughout central and southern Nevada, including Beatty, Manhattan, Pioche, Round Mountain and Tonopah. Mack took home half the profits. Subsequently, Mack invested in land and casinos with businessmen Sanford Adler, Gus Greenbaum, Charlie Resnick, Art Rosen and Moe Sedway.

Mack was responsible for the establishment of the Las Vegas Sun, the main newspaper in Las Vegas, when he loaned US$1,000 to its founder Hank Greenspun in 1950.

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