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Rose Blumkin (née Gorelick; December 3, 1893 – August 9, 1998) was an American businesswoman who founded the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1937. [1] Businessman Warren Buffett said of her, "One question I always ask myself in appraising a business is how I would like, assuming I had ample capital and skilled personnel, to compete with it.
Nebraska Furniture Mart was founded in 1937 by Rose Blumkin in Omaha, Nebraska. Blumkin borrowed the initial $500 investment from her brother [1] while her husband Isadore continued to run their second hand clothing store. [2]
The Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center or The Rose, also known as the Astro Theatre, originally opened as The Riviera. [2] It is located in downtown Omaha , Nebraska . Built in 1926 in a combination of both Moorish and Classical styles, the building was rehabilitated in 1986.
Rose Blumkin (1893–1998), the founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart; The cemetery also has graves for Jewish soldiers and officers from Omaha who were killed in World War I, World War II, and other wars [4] [5] Golden Hill Cemetery in Omaha, NE (English sign to left of gate)
Rose Blumkin, Belarus-born founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart [199] Albert Boscov, former president and CEO of Boscov's department store [200] Jeffrey Brotman, co-founder of the Costco Wholesale Corporation [201] Jacob Elias Cohen, Irish-born former president and CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based Cohen Brothers department store [202]
Blumkin is an Ashkenazi surname, coined from Yiddish Blum - 'flower'. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Rose Blumkin (1893–1998), American businesswoman
The Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center in Omaha, Nebraska was known as "The Rose" for most of its existence Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rose Theatre .
Facilities at the JCC include the Friedel Jewish Academy, theatre, art gallery space, dance and music studios, meeting rooms and classrooms, the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue and Livingston Plaza Apartments. There is an indoor pool and outdoor aquatic center, baseball, soccer, basketball, and handball facilities, two ...