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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.
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 (/ 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]
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 ...
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.
In 1982, he was appointed Director of Materials Management for Levi Strauss USA. [7] In 1996, he along with his father and cousin, Robert D. Haas, led a $2.5 billion leveraged buyout of Levi Strauss to ensure that it would remain in the control of the Haas family. [8]
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 ...
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]