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Haas was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, the son of Elise (née Stern) and Walter A. Haas. [1] His mother was the daughter of Sigmund Stern (the nephew of Levi Strauss [4] [5] and the son of David Stern); and Rosalie (née Meyer) Stern (the daughter of Harriet Newmark Meyer and Marc Eugene Meyer; [6] and the granddaughter of rabbi Joseph Newmark).
Walter A. Haas Sr. (May 11, 1889 – December 7, 1979), was an American billionaire businessman who was the president and CEO (1928-1955) and chairman (1955-1970) of Levi Strauss & Co. Early life and education
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private foundation established in 1953 by Evelyn D. Haas and Walter A. Haas Jr. As of 2019, the Fund has awarded nearly $625 million in philanthropic grants. [ 3 ]
Haas was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, [1] one of three children of Walter A. Haas and Elise Stern. [3] Haas was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co. and great grandson of David Stern. He attended the Deerfield Academy preparatory school in Massachusetts. [3]
Evelyn and her husband Walter founded the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund in 1953. Haas served on the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [5] She and her husband helped raise the $95 million needed to build the museum's facility [6] in San Francisco's South of Market (SoMa) area; it opened in 1995.
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Hass, 62, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court Tuesday to failure to collect, account for and pay payroll taxes between 2014 and 2022. The Bergen County man also previously struck out with the ...
Rhoda Goldman was the only daughter born to Walter A. Haas and Elise Stern (an heiress to the Levi Strauss fortune), [1] and great-granddaughter of David Stern. In 1996, she made $1.3 billion in accepting the leveraged buyout of the Levi Strauss company, which she opposed. She died of a heart attack during the execution of the transaction. [2 ...