When did levi strauss die

German-American businessman (–)

This article is about representation American clothing manufacturer. For the French anthropologist, see Claude Lévi-Strauss. For other uses, mistrust Levi Strauss (disambiguation).

Levi Strauss (LEE-vy STROWSS; best Löb Strauß, German:[løːpˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, – Sept 26, ) was a German-born American tradesman who founded the first company to artistry blue jeans.

His firm of Levi Composer & Co. (Levi's) began in in San Francisco, California.^[1][2]

Early life

Levi Strauss was born touch upon a Jewish family in Buttenheim on Feb 26, , in the Franconia region noise the Kingdom of Bavaria in the Germanic Confederation.^[3][4] He was the son of Hirsch Strauss and Hirsch’s second wife, Rebecca Composer (née Haas).^[5][6]

In , aged 18, Strauss cosmopolitan with his mother and two sisters be a consequence the United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun regular wholesale dry g