Levi Strauss
German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
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Levi Strauss turned denim into an empire when he started manufacturing blue jeans in 1850s San Francisco. The German-born businessman's company, Levi's, became synonymous with workwear and eventually global casual culture.
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Levi Strauss 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.
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