Jacob Horton

{{Short description|American businessman (died 1989)}}

{{Notability|Biographies|date=September 2020}}

Jacob "Jake" Horton (died April 10, 1989) was a senior vice-president of Southern Company's Gulf Power Unit, killed when a corporate airplane caught fire and crashed into a Pensacola apartment complex, shortly after takeoff from Pensacola, Florida.{{Cite news |last=Schmalz |first=Jeffrey |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1989-06-18 |title=Florida Mystery Is Fueled By Intrigues and 4 Deaths |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/18/us/florida-mystery-is-fueled-by-intrigues-and-4-deaths.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Plane Crash, Dead Canaries Expand Grand Jury Probe Into Southern Co. |url=https://apnews.com/article/c6bef92e83bcc6a49c4b18975ab2953e |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} Journalist Greg Palast has alleged that Horton was murdered by the corporation, in order to prevent him from accusing the board of directors of making illegal payments to politicians (1 -- p. 109).