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Known for. Founding the first company to manufacture riveted blue jeans Founder of the Levi Strauss & Co. Levi Strauss (/ ˈliːvaɪˈstraʊs / LEE-vy STROWSS; born Löb Strauß, German: [løːp ˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans.
Levi Strauss & Co. (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS) is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ z / LEE-vyze) brand of denim jeans.It was founded in May 1853 [9] when German-Jewish immigrant Levi Strauss moved from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, California, to open a West Coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business.
Tribe of Levi. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim. The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political ...
18434872. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart that graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
Levi (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ / LEE-vy; Hebrew: לֵוִי, Modern: Levī, Tiberian: Lēwī) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. [3]
Claude Lévi-Strauss (/ k l ɔː d ˈ l eɪ v i ˈ s t r aʊ s / klawd LAY-vee STROWSS; [2] French: [klod levi stʁos]; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) [3] [4] [5] was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. [6]
At the time it was announced, the Levi's LBO was the largest in U.S. business history. During his tenure, Haas built upon the ethical traditions of Levi's. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Robert's grandfather, Walter A. Haas Sr. , and great uncle, Daniel E. Koshland Sr. , refused to lay off idled employees, risking bankruptcy.
Walter A. Haas Jr. (January 24, 1916 – September 20, 1995) [1] was an American businessman. He was the president, CEO (1958–1976) and chairman (1970–1981) of Levi Strauss & Co, succeeding his father Walter A. Haas (1889–1979). [2] He led the company in its growth from a regional manufacturer to one of the world’s leading apparel ...