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Jacob & Co. is an American privately held jewelry and wristwatch retailer founded in 1986 by diamond designer Jacob Arabo. [1] Its flagship boutique and corporate headquarters are located in Manhattan , New York City .
Jacob Arabo (born Yakov Arabov; June 3, 1965) is an American jeweler and watchmaker who founded Jacob & Company in 1986 and grew it to become an international luxury brand. [3] He began strictly as a jeweler with designs that appealed to celebrities who became regular customers.
The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926.
John Whitfield Bunn (June 21, 1831 – June 7, 1920) [1] was an American corporate leader, financier, industrialist, and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, whose work and leadership involved a broad range of institutions ranging from Midwestern railroads, international finance, and Republican Party politics, to corporate consultation, globally significant manufacturing, and the various ...
Jacob & Josef Kohn, also known as J. & J. Kohn, was an Austrian furniture maker and interior designer in Vienna. Jacob Kohn (1791–1866) together with his son Josef Kohn (1814–1884) founded the enterprise in 1849.
J. Rieger & Co. is an American distillery founded by Jacob Rieger in 1887. [1] Located in Kansas City, Missouri , it was shut down in December 1919 due to the onset of federal Prohibition . The brand was reestablished in 2014 by co-founders Andy Rieger and Ryan Maybee, becoming the first legal distillery in Kansas City since Prohibition.
Jacob's flagship store was at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Drummond streets in downtown Montreal. In 2005, the company launched Josef, seeking an older demographic which market research suggested were more active spenders. [2] Jacob had begun closing locations in 2008, shuttering 52 stores with 355 staff in two years.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was an American multinational investment bank founded in 1867 by Abraham Kuhn and his brother-in-law Solomon Loeb. [1] Headed from 1885 onwards by Jacob H. Schiff, Loeb's son-in-law, it grew to be one of the most influential investment banks in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, financing America's expanding railways and growth companies, including Western Union and ...