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Absolute Exhibits Mourns the Passing of Founder Jan Koren
5/25/2026
It is with profound sadness that Absolute Exhibits announces the passing of our co-founder, Chairwoman, and President, Jan Koren, who passed away this week surrounded by her family.
Jan founded Absolute Exhibits with her family in 2000 with a vision that was always rooted in people before product, relationships before transactions. Over 25 years she built not just a company but a community, one where clients, colleagues, and partners were treated as family. That philosophy was not a strategy. It was simply who Jan was, and it became the foundation everything here is built on.
"My mother poured herself into this company and into every person who has ever been part of it," said Todd Koren, CEO. "Her belief that relationships are the business is something we will carry forward in everything we do."
"Jan was extraordinary in every sense of the word," said Mike Koren, President. "We are grateful for the outpouring of love from the industry she gave so much to."
A celebration of Jan's life will be held Wednesday, May 27th at 11am at Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach, followed by burial at Pacific View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Jan's favorite charity, the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation.
Absolute Exhibits will continue to honor Jan's legacy through the relationships she cultivated and the culture she created. The company remains in the hands of the family she built it with.
Contact:
[email protected]
It is with profound sadness that Absolute Exhibits announces the passing of our co-founder, Chairwoman, and President, Jan Koren, who passed away this week surrounded by her family.
Jan founded Absolute Exhibits with her family in 2000 with a vision that was always rooted in people before product, relationships before transactions. Over 25 years she built not just a company but a community, one where clients, colleagues, and partners were treated as family. That philosophy was not a strategy. It was simply who Jan was, and it became the foundation everything here is built on.
"My mother poured herself into this company and into every person who has ever been part of it," said Todd Koren, CEO. "Her belief that relationships are the business is something we will carry forward in everything we do."
"Jan was extraordinary in every sense of the word," said Mike Koren, President. "We are grateful for the outpouring of love from the industry she gave so much to."
A celebration of Jan's life will be held Wednesday, May 27th at 11am at Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach, followed by burial at Pacific View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Jan's favorite charity, the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation.
Absolute Exhibits will continue to honor Jan's legacy through the relationships she cultivated and the culture she created. The company remains in the hands of the family she built it with.
Contact:
[email protected]
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