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Robert D. Haas (born 1942 [1]) is the chairman emeritus of Levi Strauss & Co., son of Walter A. Haas Jr., and the great-great-grandnephew of the company's founder, Levi Strauss. Haas served as the company's president and CEO (1984-1999) and chairman (1989-2008), and is the last descendant of Levi Strauss to serve in those positions.
Levi Strauss (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / 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. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. [1] [2]
In 2019, Haas owned nearly 17% of Levi Strauss & Co, making her a billionaire, following the February 2019 plan for the company to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. [7] [8] As of 2024, she owned 11%. [9] In 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth to be around $1.4 billion. [9]
Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th mayor of San Francisco. He vowed a "new era of accountability, service and change."
Daniel is an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune as Peter is the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss. [7] Lurie says he grew up "most of the time in [Haas's] house." [4] Brian was executive director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco. [8] Daniel has two brothers, Ari [3] and Alexander, and one sister, Sonia.
Daniel Lurie, who is one of the heirs to the Levi Strauss jeans company fortune, is now the San Francisco mayor-elect. The Democrat, 47, was elected after defeating incumbent mayor London Breed ...
In 1914, Walter Haas married Elise Stern, the daughter of Sigmund Stern, who was a son of David Stern, who was the husband of Fanny Stern (née Strauss), the sister of Levi Strauss [4] [7] (Strauss died unmarried and without children and deeded his company to his nephews, the four surviving sons of David Stern: Jacob, Sigmund, Louis and Abraham ...
Philanthropist and Levi's heir Daniel Lurie has won the hard-fought race for San Francisco mayor, ushering in a new era of leadership for a city whose voters made clear they are fed up with brazen ...