Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss · Economics & Business
Blue Jeans and Levi Strauss & Co
1829, Buttenheim, Bavaria, Germany — 1902, San Francisco, California, USA
Germany · United States
Levi Strauss & Co.1853German-American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm, Levi Strauss & Co., began in 1853 in San Francisco.
Levi Strauss, a Bavarian-born Jewish immigrant to the United States, founded Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco and in 1873 patented, with tailor Jacob Davis, the copper-riveted work trousers that became blue jeans. The garment grew into one of the most widely worn clothing items in the world. Strauss was born into a Jewish family and remained an active member of the Jewish community in San Francisco.
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Blue Jeans and Levi Strauss & Co
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