Education
He attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he played in a band that became Tijuana Brass and then got a degree in accounting from University of California, Los Los Angeles
He attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he played in a band that became Tijuana Brass and then got a degree in accounting from University of California, Los Los Angeles
Kass worked with at least four recording companies: {Liberty} Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers, and Apple Records. Born Ronald Stanley Kashinoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his family changed the name to Kass when they moved to California. Kass married his University of California, Los Angeles sweetheart, Anita, and started working for Liberty Records which was directly across from Hollywood High School.
He was promoted to overseas manager and eventually president of Liberty.
He was effectively forced from his position at Apple by the Beatles" new manager Allen Klein after he was falsely accused of "financial impropriety" (he was succeeded in the position by his former deputy Jack Oliver).
