Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs stepping down as CEO of Buffalo-based Delaware North

Jeremy Jacobs is stepping down as CEO of Delaware North, the Buffalo-based hospitality and concessions giant his father and uncles started during World War I.

The privately-held company announced Tuesday that sons Louis Jacobs and Jeremy Jacobs Jr. have been named as co-chief executive officers. A third son, Charlie Jacobs, will become CEO for the company's Boston Holdings, which include TD Garden in Boston, New England Sports Network and the NHL's Boston Bruins.

Jeremy Jacobs will continue as company chairman and as owner of the Bruins.

The elder Jacobs, who turns 75 later this month, has been CEO since the death of his father, Louis, in 1968. Louis Jacobs and his brothers Marvin and Charles started the company in 1915 selling popcorn and peanuts at movie houses and ballparks.