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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.
Elise Stern Walter A. Haas. Family. Rhoda Haas Goldman (sister) Walter A. Haas Jr. (brother) Simon Koshland (great-grandfather) Peter E. Haas (December 20, 1918 – December 3, 2005) [ 1 ] was an American billionaire businessman who was president and CEO (1976–2005) and chairman (1981–1989) of Levi Strauss & Co. [ 2 ]
Michelle D. Gass (Petkers) (born 1968 [1] [2]) is an American businesswoman who serves as the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. [3] She previously served as CEO of department store Kohl's. [ 4 ] Education and career
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.
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 ...
In 1914, Haas married Elise Stern, who was a daughter of Sigmund Stern, who was a son of David Stern who was a nephew of Levi Strauss [4] [7] (Strauss had died unmarried and without children and deeded his company to David Stern). [8] Haas had three children: Rhoda Haas Goldman, Peter E. Haas, and Walter A. Haas Jr. [9]
Jacob William Davis (born Jākobs Jufess; Russian: Якоб Яковлевич Юфес, May 14, 1831 – January 20, 1908) was a Russian-American tailor of Latvian Jewish origin [1] who is credited with inventing modern jeans. [2] Growing up in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada ...
Koshland's tenure at Levi Strauss – along with that of his brother-in-law – is widely credited with saving the company leading it through the Great Depression, racial integration at its factories, the global popularization of the Levi brand, and the creation of the Levi Strauss Foundation.