# Sylvain Kahn

> Sylvain Kahn was an Alsatian-born Jewish businessman who, with Sally Berg, founded the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie on the Leidseplein in 1882. Within the partnership Berg was mainly responsible for the models and Kahn for buying fabrics, especially silk, and for the business side. The two also bought the Vienna fashion house of Drecoll in 1895, and Kahn became general manager of its Paris house in 1902. He remained a director of Hirsch & Cie until his death.

*Businessman (1857-1929)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sylvain-kahn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1857-07-17
- **Died:** 1929-12-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sylvain Kahn was an Alsatian-born Jewish businessman who, with Sally Berg, founded the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie on the Leidseplein in 1882. Within the partnership Berg was mainly responsible for the models and Kahn for buying fabrics, especially silk, and for the business side. The two also bought the Vienna fashion house of Drecoll in 1895, and Kahn became general manager of its Paris house in 1902. He remained a director of Hirsch & Cie until his death.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sylvain Kahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Kahn)
- [Sylvain Kahn](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Kahn)
- [Sylvain Kahn (homme d'affaires)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Kahn_(homme_d'affaires))
- [Sylvain Kahn](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Kahn)
- [Sylvain Kahn](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Kahn)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23891121)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/sylvain-kahn