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Levi Strauss | |
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| Born | Löb Strauß February 26, 1829 |
| Died | September 26, 1902 (aged 73) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Citizenship | German Confederation (1829–1853) United States (1853–1902) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founding the first company to manufacture riveted blue jeans Founder of the Levi Strauss & Co. |
Levi Strauss (/ˈliːvaɪ ˈstraʊs/ 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]
- ^ Downey, Lynn (2008). "Levi Strauss: a short biography" (PDF). Levi Strauss & Co. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ James Sullivan, Jeans: a cultural history of an American icon (Gotham, 2007).